单词 | deflate |
释义 | deflate —deflate /dɪˈfleɪt/ verb (WEAKEN) ↑Verb Endings for deflate F0 [T often passive] to cause something to become weaker: » The party's ambitions have been rather deflated by the two recent by-election defeats.Thesaurus+: ↑Becoming and making less strongF0 [T often passive] to make someone lose confidence or feel less important: » They were totally deflated by losing the match.Thesaurus+: ↑Humiliating and degradingverb [I or T] (MAKE SMALLER) ↑Verb Endings for deflate ► F0 If something that has air or gas inside it deflates, or is deflated, it becomes smaller because it loses the air or gas: » to deflate a balloon/tyreThesaurus+: ↑Becoming and making smaller or less , ↑Becoming and making less strongWord Builder:–Nouns: inflation–Adjectives: inflatable, inflationary, inflated–Verbs: inflate, deflateverb [T] (MONEY) ↑Verb Endings for deflate ► F0 to reduce the supply of money in an economyThesaurus+: ↑Economics and the state of the economyThesaurus+: ↑Value and price decreasesWord Builder:–Nouns: inflation–Adjectives: inflatable, inflationary, inflated–Verbs: inflate, deflate |
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