deflate

verb

1. 放掉（轮胎、气球等的）气；（使）瘪下来
   to let air or gas out of a tyre, balloon , etc.; to become smaller because of air or gas coming out
2. 使泄气；挫败…的锐气
   to make sb feel less confident; to make sb/sth feel or seem less important
   1. All the criticism had left her feeling totally deflated.
      所有这些批评使她彻底失去了信心。
3. 紧缩（通货）
   to reduce the amount of money being used in a country so that prices fall or stay steady

1. VERB 使泄气;挫…的锐气;贬低…的重要性
   If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
   1. Like any actor he can be self-centred but I think I've worked out how to deflate him...
      跟其他演员一样，他有时也会以自我为中心，但我想自己已经找到了如何挫他锐气的办法。
   2. Britain's other hopes of medals were deflated earlier in the day.
      英国另外的夺牌希望在那天早些时候受到了打击。
2. V-ERG 放(轮胎、气球等)的气;（使）瘪掉
   When something such as a tyre or balloon deflates, or when you deflate it, all the air comes out of it.
   1. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness...
      返回岸上后，救生衣就会瘪掉，恢复成背带状。
   2. ...a deflated dinghy.
      瘪了气的救生筏
   3. 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。

1. Like any actor he can be self-centred but I think I've worked out how to deflate him
   跟其他演员一样，他有时也会以自我为中心，但我想自己已经找到了如何挫他锐气的办法。
2. Britain's other hopes of medals were deflated earlier in the day.
   英国另外的夺牌希望在那天早些时候受到了打击。
3. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness
   返回岸上后，救生衣就会瘪掉，恢复成背带状。
4. 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。
5. Loosening credit standards is an odd way to deflate a credit bubble.
   用放松信贷标准来抑制信贷泡沫是一种怪异的做法。
6. They argue that economic decline could quickly deflate the nationalist euphoria fed by a relentless state media campaign.
   他们辩称，官方媒体无休止宣传催生的民族主义狂喜，可能很快就将被经济衰退所冲淡。
7. While a slowing China is a worry for everyone, policy makers there at least have the financial resources to cushion the economy from a so-called 'hard landing', as well as safely deflate any asset bubbles.
   尽管中国的不断放缓让所有人都担心，但那里的政策制定者至少有财力提供缓冲，使经济不致遭受‘硬着陆’，同时安全戳破任何资产泡沫。
8. But that has not been fast enough to offset the deceleration in private sector investment as housing prices deflate.
   但是，这种长速还不足以抵消私营行业投资随着房价下跌的加速下降。
9. As discussed in a previous commentary, if the government doesn't deliberately deflate the bubble it could continue until the effects of the massive monetary inflation become evident in food prices.
   就像在之前的评论中讨论过的一样，如果政府不有意缩小这个泡沫，那么这个泡沫就将继续膨胀直到巨大货币通货膨胀的效果在食品价格上明显显现出来。
10. Mortgage lending and lending to property developers soared last year, helping to inflate a real estate bubble that the government is now trying to deflate without causing it to pop.
    按揭贷款和房地产开发贷款去年大幅上升，帮助吹大了房地产泡沫，如今政府正努力在不戳破泡沫的情况下给泡沫放气。
11. This tyre is too hard-you need to deflate it a bit.
    这个轮胎太硬，你需要放掉点气。
12. But investors now think China might, somehow, be able to make a bubble deflate slowly.
    但目前投资者认为，中国或许能够设法让泡沫慢慢缩小。
13. Perhaps your friend isn't trying to deflate your ego after all.
    毕竟你的朋友不想伤害你的自尊。
14. Her social value will continue to deflate while yours will continue to rise-an inverse relationship of social value.
    她的社交价值会继续降低，你的会持续升高&一个关于社交价值反方向的关系。
15. There is a reasonable prospect that this bubble will deflate gradually, thanks to additional housing supply and the government's administrative measures to restrict credit.
    多亏了基本住房保障和政府控制信贷的调控措施，房地产泡沫有理由将会逐渐缩小。
16. The chancellor was forced to deflate the economy still further.
    财政大臣被迫更进一步紧缩经济。
17. Moreover, the funds now on offer are not enough to finance vulnerable countries for long enough to avoid defaults, particularly since the latter will need to deflate and restructure their way back to growth.
    此外，现在拿出的资金，不足以为脆弱的国家长久提供资金来避免违约，尤其是鉴于后者必须通过通缩和债务重组，才能恢复增长。
18. Buoyancy compensators provide buoyancy control for scuba divers by allowing them to inflate or deflate the devices.
    浮力补给装置可以让给潜水者以充气或放气控制。
19. Fourth, the creation of large tracts of building land would deflate overblown south-east house prices.
    第四，产生大面积建筑用地，将平抑英国东南部过分上涨的房价。
20. That means the bubble will finally be allowed to deflate.
    这意味着，泡沫将最终瘪下去。
21. Think about what conditions or situations about your life you find troubling and that seem to deflate your self-esteem.
    考虑你的生活中哪些环境或处境让你感到有麻烦、似乎在打击你的自尊心。
22. The Government decided to deflate.
    政府决定紧缩通货。
23. Learn how to gzip/ deflate content ( deflate is better).
    学习如何用gzip/deflate压缩内容（deflate方式更可取）。
24. Europe cannot deflate its way out of trouble.
    欧洲不可能通过紧缩摆脱困境。
25. If the steam needs quick deflating, the deflation valve stem can be pressed to deflate the steam thoroughly.
    如急于放气可压住放气阀杆把蒸汽放净。
26. If Germany does not, it will force its less competitive eurozone partners to stagnate and deflate.
    如果德国不采取这种做法，将迫使其竞争力较弱的欧元区伙伴国陷入停滞和通缩。
27. The second, much greater fear is that China has created a bubble and is now trying to get that bubble to deflate gently.
    其次，人们更大的担心在于，中国已出现了泡沫，目前正设法让那个泡沫缓缓缩小。
28. The Millers hoped their book would gently and humorously deflate stereotypes.
    父子俩希望此书能轻松幽默地打破一些人们脑中固有的成见。
29. But bubbles can pop with a bang or deflate with a long, slow hiss.
    但泡沫可以在一瞬间砰然破灭，也可以在很长一段时间里慢慢消散。
30. Financial history shows that bubbles create capacity, which is no longer needed once they deflate.
    金融史表明，泡沫会创造产能，而一旦泡沫破裂，这些产能也不再被需要。

verb

1. become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
   1. The balloons deflated

2. reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
   1. deflate the currency

3. produce deflation in
   1. The new measures deflated the economy

4. reduce or lessen the size or importance of
   1. The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence

   Synonym:    puncture

5. release contained air or gas from
   1. deflate the air mattress

6. collapse by releasing contained air or gas
   1. deflate a balloon