deflate

/dɪˈfleɪt; ˌdiːˈfleɪt/VCE📚 14075 0 1雅思
If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important. 使泄气

verb [vt. 及物动词]vt. 放气;使缩小;紧缩通货;打击;使泄气

I hate to deflate your ego, but you seem to have an exaggerated idea of your importance to me.
我不愿伤你的自尊,但是你好像高估了你对我的重要性。

verb [vi. 不及物动词]vi. 缩小;物价下降

We drove a few miles until the tyre deflated and we had to stop the car.
我们开了几英里直到轮胎漏气了,然后我们不得不停下车。

deflate

-ate ⌜ 表示使成为或具有某种特性的 - indicating to make or become ~ ⌟
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When she refused I felt deflated. 她拒绝时,我感到很沮丧。
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate. 接受-编码:gzip, deflate。
One sharp remark is enough to deflate her. 一句尖锐的话足以使她泄气。