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de.flate (obj) MAKE SMALLERdI5fleItvto (cause to) become smaller or weaker降低，缩小The party's ambitions have been rather deflated by the two recent by-election defeats. [T]这个政党的野心由于受到最近两次特别选举的失败的打击而减小了不少。The discovery that he has been involved in illegal trading has seriously deflated his reputation. [T]他曾参与不法交易的这一发现严重降低了他的声望。If you deflate someone, you reduce their confidence.使泄气I was quite deflated by her lack of interest in my suggestions. [T]他对我的建议兴趣不大，令我感到十分气馁。If something which has air or gas inside it deflates, or is deflated, it becomes smaller because it loses the air or gas.漏气，放气，抽气If the boat starts to deflate, come back to shore. [I]如果船开始漏气，回到岸边来。This tyre is too hard--you need to deflate it a bit. [T]这个轮胎太硬，你需要放掉点气。
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