deflating
v. (使)漏氣( deflate的現在分詞 ); (使)…癟下去; 緊縮(通貨); 降低(價格)
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...
跟其他演員一樣,他有時也會以自我為中心,但我想自己已經找到了如何挫他銳氣的辦法。
Britain's other hopes of medals were deflated earlier in the day.
英國另外的奪牌希望在那天早些時候受到了打擊。
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...
返回岸上後,救生衣就會癟掉,恢復成揹帶狀。
...a deflated dinghy.
癟了氣的救生筏
By then, it was already deflating.
從那時開始, 房價已經開始緊縮.
This seemed to do the trick , deflating the tension and bringing a smile to everyone's faces.
這似乎成功地消除了緊張,讓大家露出了微笑.