deflates
v. (使)漏气( deflate的第三人称单数 ); (使)…瘪下去; 紧缩(通货); 降低(价格)
If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
Like any actor he can be self-centred but I think I've worked out how to deflate him...
跟其他演员一样,他有时也会以自我为中心,但我想自己已经找到了如何挫他锐气的办法。
Britain's other hopes of medals were deflated earlier in the day.
英国另外的夺牌希望在那天早些时候受到了打击。
When something such as a tyre or balloon deflates, or when you deflate it, all the air comes out of it.
When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness...
返回岸上后,救生衣就会瘪掉,恢复成背带状。
...a deflated dinghy.
瘪了气的救生筏
It also deflates our competitors if they already have doubts in themselves.
如果我们的对手本身就对他们的产品不自信的话,就会主动泄气.