deflate
🇺🇸
/dɪˈfleɪt/
🇬🇧
/dɪˈfleɪt/
verb
R
To let air or gas out so something gets smaller.
When you deflate a balloon, it shrinks.
當你給氣球放氣時，它會收縮。
R
To make someone feel less confident or important.
Criticism can deflate someone's confidence quickly.
批評可以迅速打擊某人的自信心。
R
To reduce how much money is used, making prices go down or stay the same.
Governments may deflate the economy to control inflation.
政府可能會通過緊縮經濟來控制通貨膨脹。
translation
放氣, 打擊信心, 緊縮
詞形變化
3rd Present
deflates
Past
deflated
Perfect
deflated
Progressive
deflating