| 词汇 | deflate |
| 释义 | deflate verb uk /dɪˈfleɪt/ us /dɪˈfleɪt/ deflateverb (MAKE SMALLER)[ I or T ] If something that has air or gas inside it deflates, or is deflated, it becomes smaller because it loses the air or gas: （使）变瘪；给…放气 to deflate a balloon/tyre给气球／轮胎放气 Becoming and making smaller or less abridgment attenuate attenuated attenuating attenuation compress contraction dwindle dwindling ease ease someone's mindidiom ease up/off halve recede reduce reducible reduction resize trough tumble deflateverb (WEAKEN)[ Toften passive ] to cause something to become weaker: 削弱；使受挫 The party's ambitions have been deflated by the two recent by-election defeats.最近的两次补选失利使该党的雄心受到了不小的打击。 [ Toften passive ] to make someone lose confidence or feel less important: 使灰心，使泄气 They were totally deflated by losing the game.他们输掉比赛后彻底丧失了信心。 Becoming and making less strong abate abatement adulterant adulterate adulterated downtoner dull ease emasculation enervate enervating fade hedge melt relieve tone something down totter tottering turn to jellyidiom undimmed You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Humiliating and degrading deflateverb (MONEY)[ T ] to reduce the supply of money in an economy使货币紧缩，使通货紧缩 Economics accommodative anti-economic anti-inflation anti-inflationary anti-recession buyer's market deindustrialization economic Great Recession gross domestic product HDI human development index Keynesian monetarism monetary recession reflate retrench squeeze the public purse You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Price decreases deflate | American Dictionarydeflate verb[ I/T ] us/dɪˈfleɪt/ to allow air or gas to escape from within a container: [ T ]When the roads are icy, you may have to deflate your tires a bit. fig. Someone or something that is deflated suddenly feels or is considered less important: [ T ]The allegations deflate the respect people have for the presidency. deflate | Business Englishdeflate verb[ I or T ] uk /dɪˈfleɪt/us ECONOMICS when an economy deflates or is deflated, prices fall and there is a reduction in wages and government spending, and low levels of growth: The chancellor will have to keep rates high and deflate the economy to keep the lid on prices and finance the trade deficit. The fear is that economies fueled by aid dollars will deflate after international agencies leave. to reduce the value or price of something, or to become less valuable or expensive: Some people are angry, arguing that the state has artificially deflated housing values in the area. Over the past ten years, telecom prices have deflated by 50% while levels of competition have never been more intense. Compareinflate reflate Examples of deflatedeflate Another noteworthy feature, this time of a mechanical nature, of such shells is that they offer no resistance to crumpling when they are deflated. The balloon catheter was advanced over the guide wire, inflated with dilute contrast to a pressure of 3-4 atmospheres, and deflated immediately. Domestic oil prices, however, may vary across countries and regions as they are deflated by the real exchange rate. If the position was not adequate, or if there was electrocardiographic signs of myocardial ischaemia, the balloon was immediately deflated and repositioned. There were instances when current dollar estimates were not deflated to yield constant dollar estimates. Note that in a panel data set, all values of variables should be deflated to avoid spurious correlations. During the sweep through the second block, 6 almost linearly dependent vectors were discovered and deflated. The same data with the contributions along the first principal component deflated (bottom). The stent expanded as the balloon was inflated and remained when die balloon was deflated. The tissue expander was deflated on the morning of her radiation oncology simulation and will remain deflated throughout radiotherapy. Is it proper to measure real interest rates by deflating current nominal rates by an ex post, and often transitory, annual change in the deflator? Figure 2 was produced from those deflated real data. To ensure that they were not accidentally injected into lung tissue, the left side of the lungs was partially deflated prior to their introduction. The balloon was then inflated to a pressure of between five and six atmospheres and rapidly deflated. We have assumed the latter and deflated the nominal amount by an assumed rate of inflation of 2.25 per cent (which is the government's own forecast). See all examples of deflate These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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