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
🌿 同词根单词
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Something borrowed.
借的东西。
It hurts like hell!
疼死啦！
He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto.
很快就出了名。意大利人叫他乔凡尼。 阿库托。