| 词汇 | deflating |
| 释义 | deflating present participle ofdeflate 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 damp dwindling ease ease someone's mindidiom ease up/off fall away reducible reduction resize retreat rightsize telescope 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 be fading away/fastidiom downtoner dull ease emasculation enervate enervating 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 deindustrialization double-dip gross domestic product HDI human development index industrialism inflation Keynesian liberal monetarism monetary recession retrench stagflation the public purse You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Price decreases Examples of deflatingdeflating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This is done by either 'deflating' using market exchange rates or purchasing power parities. But, as a factor deflating fertility, this is of less importance than it has been in the past. The profit markup is measured by deflating industrial output price by industrial nominal wage. This could have resulted in inflating or deflating the rates of foetal deaths. 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? Is it wise for the two greatest importing nations of the world to be thus depressing and deflating economically the rest of the free world? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But we were agreed about some kind of disinflation, although the right method of deflating eluded us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The easy way of bringing down inflation is by deflating the way in which it is assessed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of them are telling her that deflating demand will not necessarily result in inflation coming under control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What sense is there in further deflating the economy in such circumstances? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who know anything about these things will readily appreciate the dangers of deliberately either deflating or inflating the figures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She has put all her energies into deflating demand instead of into holding and reducing costs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By deflating the economy one can always make prices fall. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The economic argument is that those areas need boosting, not deflating, therefore they should be excused increased contributions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We reduce the demand for imports with which we cannot compete, by deflating demand in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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