deflate
/dɪˈfleɪt; ˌdiːˈfleɪt/VCE📚 14091 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。
单词造句:
- 网友用“Deflate”造句精选
- 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。