单词	deflate
释义	deflatede‧flate /ˌdiːˈfleɪt, dɪ-/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINdeflate Origin: 1800-1900 de- + inflate Verb Table VERB TABLE deflate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they deflate he, she, it deflates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they deflated Present perfect I, you, we, they have deflated he, she, it has deflated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had deflated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will deflate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have deflated Continuous Form Present I am deflating he, she, it is deflating you, we, they are deflating Past I, he, she, it was deflating you, we, they were deflating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been deflating he, she, it has been deflating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been deflating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be deflating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been deflating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He woke up aching all over - somehow his airbed had deflated in the night and there was nothing to cushion him from the cold ground. Learning new skills can boost egos that were deflated by losing a job. The balloon gradually lost altitude as we deflated it and came in to land. The report will deflate arguments by city officials that they cannot reduce pollution. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At the time I was deflated, but I have since realized that Don was giving me a star to steer by. But from our many interviews with sportspeople we have learned that the mystical aspects of sport can also be deflated and suppressed. But if it doesn't happen there is no way Lewis will be deflated. Equally, it is no coincidence that we hear a good deal less of it now that the bubble is deflating. He was like a slightly deflated version of John Hall, only much more cheerful. Kennedy, seeking to deflate the pressure, resorted to a tricky tactic. The Republican takeover of Congress deflated that notion, though, and he no longer stresses it. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto let the air out of something► let the air out of British to let the air come out of something, for example a tyre or a balloon : · Lisa let the air out of the balloon. ► let down to deliberately let the air come out of something, especially a tyre: let something down: · Someone let the tires down on my bike!· The boys let his tyres down while he was in the headteacher's office. ► deflate if something filled with air deflates , the air comes out of it; if you deflate something, you let the air out of it: · The balloon gradually lost altitude as we deflated it and came in to land.· He woke up aching all over - somehow his airbed had deflated in the night and there was nothing to cushion him from the cold ground. WORD SETS► Economics absolute advantage, active population, additionality, nounadjustable peg, nounannual earnings, anti-dumping, adjectiveanti-inflation, adjectiveausterity, nounbad debt, nounbalance of payments, nounbalance of trade, nounbalance sheet, nounbank money, bank rate, nounbankrupt, adjectivebankrupt, verbbankrupt, nounbarrier to trade, nounbilateralism, nounblack market, nounboom, nounbroad money, brown goods, nounbudget, nounCACM, capital accumulation, nouncapital formation, nouncapitalism, nouncapitalist, adjectivecapital surplus, cartel, nouncentral government borrowing requirement, CGBR, Chicago School, nounclosed economy, nouncommerce clause, commodity, nouncommodity product, comparative advantage, consumer, nounconsumer confidence, nounconsumer durables, nounconsumer goods, nounconsumer price index, nounconsumer surplus, consumption, nounconsumption function, nounCost of Production Theory of Value, nouncreditor turnover rate, nouncredit rationing, noundebt ratio, deflate, verbdemand, noundemand and supply, noundemand price, demonstration effect, deregulate, verbdeveloped, adjectivedirigisme, noundiscretionary spending, dishoarding, noundisinflation, noundisposable income, noundis-saving, noundisutility, noundiversify, verbdivision of labour, noundole queue, dollars-and-cents, adjectivedowntick, noundownturn, noundrawdown, nouneconomic, adjectiveeconomic goods, economic paradigm, economist, nouneconomy, nounefficient market, elasticity of demand, nounelasticity of substitution, nounembargo, verbemployment theory, euro-zone, exchange, nounExchange equalization account, exchange rate mechanism, nounexpectations, nounexpenditure, nounexternal account, external competitiveness, externality, nounfactor cost, factor of production, nounFederal funds, fiscal, adjectivefloor, nounflow of funds, nounforced saving, for-profit, adjectivefree enterprise, nounfree marketeer, nounfree movement, nounfree trade, nounGDP, nounGNP, nounGoldilocks economy, goods, noungoods and services, noungross domestic product, noungross national product, noungross product, nounguaranteed price, hyperinflation, nounIMF, the, IMF quota, imperfect competition, imperfect market, import, nounimport, verbimportation, nounimporter, nounincome effect, industrial output index, Industrial Sentiment index, inelastic, adjectiveinflate, verbinflation, nouninflationary, adjectiveintermediate goods, International Monetary Fund, nouninvestment goods, J-curve, nounknowledge economy, labour-intensive, adjectivelabour market, nounLaffer curve, nounlaissez-faire, nounliving standard, nounMaastricht Treaty, nounmacroeconomics, nounmarginal revenue, market-driven, adjectivemarket economy, nounmarket failure, market forces, nounmarket-led, adjectivemarket-oriented, adjectivemarket value, nounmixed economy, nounmonetarism, nounmonetary, adjectivemoney income, monopsony, nounmultilateralism, nounNAIRU, nounnational debt, nounnational income, nationalize, verbnational wealth, neocolonialism, nounnet output, NIC, nounnominal price, non-durable goods, open-market, adjectiveoutflow, nounoverheated, adjectivepass-along, nounpass-through, nounpeg, verbper-capita income, perfect competition, perfect market, personal saving, political economy, nounpost-industrial, adjectivePPI, price control, nounprice effect, price fixing, nounprice-fixing, nounprice index, nounprice-insensitive, adjectiveprice-sensitive, adjectiveprice support, nounprice theory, primary production, private enterprise, nounprivately-owned, adjectiveprivatization, nounprivatize, verbproducer price index, production control, protect, verbprotectionism, nounprotective, adjectivepublic enterprise, public ownership, nounpublic sector borrowing requirement, public service, nounPurchasing Managers' index, real, adjectivereal income, recession, nounreflation, nounrefund, nounRetail Price Index, scarcity value, nounshakeout, nounSingle European Market, slump, nounsocial accounting, socioeconomic, adjectivesqueeze, verbsqueeze, nounstagflation, nounstandard of living, nounstandard spending assessment, staple, nounstringent, adjectivesubsidy, nounsubstitution effect, surplus, nounsystematic risk, trade deficit, nountrade dispute, trade gap, nountrade surplus, nountrade-weighted index, trickle-down effect, nountrough, nountrust, noununder-investment, noununit of account, noununsystematic risk, uptick, nounvoodoo economics, noun Word family WORD FAMILYadjectiveinflatableinflatedinflationarydeflationaryreflationarynouninflationinflatabledeflationreflationverbinflatedeflatereflate 1[intransitive, transitive] if a tyre, balloon etc deflates, or if you deflate it, it gets smaller because the gas inside it comes out OPP  inflate → go down, let downRegisterIn everyday British English, people usually say an object goes down rather than deflates:· It looks like the air bed has gone down.2[transitive] to make someone feel less important or less confident:  She was deflated when Fen made no comment on her achievement.3[transitive] to show that a statement, argument etc is wrong:  Simkin hoped to find a way to deflate his opponent’s argument.4[intransitive, transitive] technical to change economic rules or conditions in a country so that prices fall or stop rising
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