Deflate
[ dɪ'flet ]
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v. 放气;瘪下来;使泄气;紧缩;
💡 词根助记
de降低，减少+flat吹+e=ate表动词→出气→放气 → 放气；紧缩
📝 例句
We deflate the tyres to make it easier to cross the desert.
我们把轮胎放了气，以便穿越沙漠时更容易一些。
🌱 联想助记
deflate→de(相反)+inflate(充气)→充气的反 面→放气 参考词: deflation(n. 放气；通货紧缩)，conflate(v. 合 并，混合)，inflate(v. 充气；膨胀)
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-hale-表示“呼吸”
📖 牛津释义
deflate
v
1 [Tn]
(a) let air or gas out of (a balloon, tyre, etc); let down 放出（气球、 轮胎等）的气.
(b) (fig 比喻) make (sb, esp sb proud or too confident) feel or appear embarrassed or discouraged 使（某人, 尤指骄傲的或自负的人）尴尬, 泄气
I felt quite deflated by your nasty remark. 你那些难听的话使我觉得无地自容.
Nothing could deflate his ego/pomposity, ie make him less self-assured or pompous. 任何事都不能削弱他的自信心[气焰].
2 [I, Tn]
reduce the amount of money in circulation in(an economy), in order to lower prices or keep them steady 紧缩（通货）
The Government decided to deflate. 政府决定紧缩通货. Cf 参看 inflate, reflate.
🔁 扩展释义
*[di'fleit]vt. 放气, 抽出空气, 使缩小vi. 缩小
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I think the problem can be gotton over without too much difficulty.
我认为问题不难解决。
Let me speak to you about some of the ways to successfully negotiate with foreigh businessmen.
但我仍然想跟你谈谈一些与外国商人成功谈判的方法。
It is not a simple competition for a fixed amount of food determined by the physical environment,
它已不是为了争得物质环境所决定的有限食物而进行的简单竞争了，