deflating是什么意思？

deflating

• v. （使）漏气( deflate的现在分词 )，（使）…瘪下去，紧缩（通货），降低（价格）；

例句

• This seemed to do the trick , deflating the tension and bringing a smile to everyone's faces. 这似乎成功地消除了紧张,让大家露出了微笑.
• By then, it was already deflating. 从那时开始, 房价已经开始紧缩.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  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。 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 balloon deflates, or when you deflate it, all the air comes out of it.
  例句
  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。 ...a deflated dinghy. 瘪了气的救生筏

行业词典

• 计算机： (正在)压缩(过程中)；