deflate

简单释义：

v.放掉（轮胎、气球等的）气；（使）瘪下来；使泄气；挫败…的锐气

网络放气；紧缩；缩小

变形：

第三人称单数：deflates  现在分词：deflating  过去分词：deflated  

完整释义：

v.

1.收缩,紧缩(通货)
2.缩小
3.抽去(空气等)
4.降低...的重要性,使泄气
5.放气;泄气
6.下降
7.抽气

例句：

1. This bubble is not on the point of collapse, but is likely to deflate as funds adjust to the lower returns that are likely going forward.
   这一泡沫还没有到破裂的时候，但随着基金做出调整，以适应未来可能出现的较低回报率，这一泡沫可能变小。

2. By winning the popular vote, there is no doubt Mrs Clinton punctured Mr Obama's balloon in Ohio and Texas, but she did not deflate it.
   希拉里在俄亥俄州和得克萨斯州赢得了党内普选，刺穿了奥巴马的气球，但这个气球并未因此而“瘪”下去。

3. I'd deflate a bit and hunker down in anticipation of the next binge.
   而我则会收缩一点儿，静静地等着下一顿大餐。

4. While a bird's respiratory system takes up about one fifth of its body, its lungs are relatively rigid and small, and don't fully deflate.
   当鸟呼吸系统占据它身体的五分之一时，它的肺比较僵硬，也比较小，不会完全紧缩。

5. The only other compression format you're likely to see is deflate, but it's less effective and less popular.
   只其他压缩格式您可能看到是deflate，但也是较有效和使用率较低。

6. In the event of a bubble however, whose bursting would greatly impact the real economy, non-monetary tools should be used to deflate it.
   然而在泡沫事件中，泡沫破灭将会对现实经济造成巨大影响，非货币工具应该被用于紧缩通货。

7. The Wall Street Journal said that China's property bubble is starting to deflate after years of housing prices gone wild.
   对此，美国《华尔街日报》评论称，中国房价多年来狂涨不止，房价泡沫开始泄气了。

8. The second, much greater fear is that China has created a bubble and is now trying to get that bubble to deflate gently.
   其次，人们更大的担心在于，中国已出现了泡沫，目前正设法让那个泡沫缓缓缩小。

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