deflate sth
deflate 作及物动词时后接宾语,表示给某物放气、抽出空气或使其缩小,也可用于抽象事物,如 deflate the economy(使经济紧缩)。
You should deflate the airbed before packing it.
你应该在打包前给充气床放气。
放气;瘪下去
deflating — present participle of deflate
放出…的气;给…放气;抽出…的空气;使缩小;削弱;使泄气;打击(某人的)自信心;使通货紧缩;紧缩(货币);从弹性容器中抽气;使缩小;缩减
collapse by releasing contained air or gas
主语常为轮胎、气球等充气物
从弹性容器中抽气
To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
使缩小;缩减
To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
减少货币或信贷量以降低价格
To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
变瘪;泄气
To become deflated.
使沮丧;挫败
To let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place.
按特定算法压缩(数据)
To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
一般现在时
The balloon deflates slowly.
气球慢慢放气。
一般过去时
He deflated the tire yesterday.
他昨天给轮胎放了气。
现在进行时
The economy is deflating.
经济正在紧缩。
deflate 可作及物或不及物动词,表示“放气、使缩小”或“(经济)紧缩”。
Don't forget to deflate the air mattress before rolling it up.
别忘了在卷起气垫床之前给它放气。
用法提示:deflate 是及物动词,后接被放气的物体,表示“给……放气”。
She deflated the bicycle tire to reduce the pressure on the soft ground.
她给自行车轮胎放了气,以减少松软地面上的压力。
用法提示:deflated 是 deflate 的过去式,表示“给……放气”的动作。
I am deflating the pool toys so they take up less space in the garage.
我正在给充气泳池玩具放气,这样它们在车库里占的空间就小一些。
用法提示:deflating 是现在分词,与 be 动词构成进行时,表示“正在给……放气”。
deflate 作及物动词时后接宾语,表示给某物放气、抽出空气或使其缩小,也可用于抽象事物,如 deflate the economy(使经济紧缩)。
You should deflate the airbed before packing it.
你应该在打包前给充气床放气。
deflate 作不及物动词时,主语是自身漏气而变瘪或缩小的物体,常用于轮胎、气球等具体事物;此用法不用被动语态。
The tire slowly deflated on the highway.
轮胎在高速公路上慢慢地瘪了。
多用于给轮胎放气;宾语通常是车胎,气球一般说 let the air out of。比 deflate 口语化,且另有“让人失望”的意思。
最直白的通用对应,可接轮胎、气球、充气垫等;比 deflate 更口语、更直白。
只作不及物动词,指物体自行因漏气而变小/变扁,后面不接宾语。
不强调“漏气”,也可指因外力压扁;与 deflate 相比范围更广。
grammar · medium
易错句子The deflate of the tire took a long time.
正确表达The deflation of the tire took a long time.
deflate 是动词,不能用作名词。表示“放气、瘪掉”这个行为或过程,要用名词形式 deflation。因此应把 the deflate 改为 the deflation。
grammar · medium
易错句子The balloon deflated by a pin.
正确表达The balloon was deflated by a pin.
deflate 表示“给……放气”时是及物动词;当施动者由 by 引出时,句子必须用被动语态(was deflated)。主动语态 deflated 后面不能接 by a pin 表达被动意义。
grammar · medium
易错句子I deflated the air from the tire.
正确表达I deflated the tire.
deflate 的宾语是“被放气的物体”(轮胎、气球等),不是气体本身。表达“给轮胎放气”应说 deflate the tire;若想保留 air,则要用 release the air from the tire,而不是 deflate the air。
主反义词;与 deflate 的“放气/使缩小”义相对。
针对 deflate 的“使缩小”义;指体积、尺寸或规模增大。
针对 deflate 的“使泄气/降低重要性”义,不用于物理放气。
inflate 和 deflate 词形及读音相近,但意义相反:deflate 是‘放气/使缩小’,inflate 是‘充气/使膨胀’;要表达给物体充气时不能用 deflate。
deflate 和 deplete 前缀相同、拼写相似,但 deplete 是‘耗尽(资源、能量)’,与放出空气无关;要表达‘给轮胎等放气’时应用 deflate。
deflate 和 deflect 都以 defl- 开头,拼写易混;deflate 是‘放气/使缩小’,deflect 是‘使偏斜/转向’;表示‘使方向偏转’时不能用 deflate。
给轮胎放气
He deflated the tire to repair the puncture.
他把轮胎的气放掉,以便修补破洞。
放掉气球的气
She slowly deflated the balloon so it wouldn't pop.
她慢慢放掉气球的气,免得它爆掉。
使经济紧缩;给经济降温
The central bank raised rates to deflate the economy.
中央银行提高利率以给经济降温。
打击某人的自尊心;使某人泄气
The boss's comment deflated his ego.
老板的话打击了他的自尊心。
压低价格;使价格下跌
Increased supply deflated prices last year.
去年供应增加压低了价格。
de-(去除/相反)+ flate(吹,源自拉丁语 flare)+ -ate(动词后缀)
in-(向内)+ flate(吹)+ -ate(动词后缀)
de-(去除/相反)+ flate(吹)+ -ion(名词后缀)
in-(向内)+ flate(吹)+ -ion(名词后缀)
用于给轮胎、气球等充气,反向操作可放气。
控制气体进出,放气通常通过打开阀门实现。
轮胎需充气,漏气或放气后会瘪掉,常用 deflate 描述。
气球放气后会变小变瘪,是 deflate 的典型对象。
本词的核心动作是释放内部空气或气体。
挫败某人的自尊心,打击某人的傲气
The harsh criticism she received really deflated her ego.
她受到的严厉批评确实打击了她的自尊心。
戳穿神话,破除迷思
Recent research has deflated the myth that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
最近的研究戳穿了早餐是一天中最重要的一餐这一神话。
挤掉泡沫,使泡沫破灭
The government raised interest rates to deflate the housing bubble.
政府提高了利率以挤掉房地产泡沫。
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