deflating

英 [dɪˈfleɪtɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈfleɪtɪŋ]

v.  放掉(轮胎、气球等的)气; (使)瘪下来; 使泄气; 挫败…的锐气; 紧缩(通货)
deflate的现在分词

现在分词：deflating　

COCA.39008

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使泄气;挫…的锐气;贬低…的重要性
  If youdeflatesomeone 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。
• V-ERG 放(轮胎、气球等)的气;（使）瘪掉
  When something such as a tyre or balloondeflates, or when youdeflateit, 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。

双语例句

• Half of the cars Toyota makes in Japan are sold there but Japanese wages are deflating fast.
  丰田在日本生产的汽车有一半销往国内，但日本的工资正迅速缩水。
• The characteristics of mathematical model in optimization design and some problems of key techniques in the diagnosis of mathematical model of optimization design have been analyzed. Utilizing gradually deflating the common region method to carry out diagnosis upon constraint conditions has mainly been studied.
  分析了优化设计数学模型的特点，以及优化设计数学模型诊断中的一些关键技术问题，主要研究了利用逐步缩小公共域的方法对约束条件进行诊断。
• The newest images-the first in three months-appeared aimed at deflating the latest round of rumors about Castro's health as his absence from power reached the half-year mark.
  这是卡斯特罗3个月来首次出现在电视上。古巴电视台公布这段录像是为了攻破近日有关卡斯特罗在移交政权半年后健康状况恶化的传闻。
• His4.12 turnovers per game rank third in the league, deflating his impressive averages of21.6 points, seven assists and6.2 rebounds.
  虽然弗老大本赛季成绩不错，各场平均成绩为得分21.6，7个助攻和6.2个蓝板，但同时他的失误率也排在联盟第三，这对他的成绩不能不说是一个影响。
• It sounds like he's deflating.
  听上去就像他在排气似的。
• So is a high-fashion partnership simply a way to bolster the deflating British music industry?
  所以与高端时装联手只是为了拯救不断走下坡路的英国音乐业？
• It sounds odd, especially when corporate culture is often consumed with deflating negative news.
  这话听起来有些奇怪，尤其是当企业文化中经常充斥着令人沮丧的负面因素时。
• Economists are accustomed to deflating the money value of national income by the average level of prices to obtain "real" income.
  经济学家通常用国民收入的货币价值减去平均物价上涨额度来计算实际收入。
• In a separate chapter of the report, the IMF suggested that central banks should consider taking on the role of deflating asset bubbles before they burst.
  IMF在报告的另外一个章节中表示，各国央行应考虑在资产泡沫破裂之前，承担起戳破泡沫的任务。
• The lungs themselves are passive, only inflating and deflating because the walls and floor of the thoracic cavity move.
  肺脏他们自己是被动的，仅仅膨胀和紧缩因为胸部的洞行动的墙壁和地板。