deflated

1. V-T If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important. 使泄氣

I hate to deflate your ego, but you seem to have an exaggerated idea of your importance to me. 我不愿?jìng)愕淖宰穑悄愫孟窀吖懒四銓?duì)我的重要性。

2. deflatedADJ 泄氣的

When she refused I felt deflated. 她拒絕時(shí)，我感到很沮喪。

3. V-I When something such as a tyre or balloon deflates, or when you deflate it, all the air comes out of it. 放氣; 漏氣

We drove a few miles until the tyre deflated and we had to stop the car. 我們開了幾英里直到輪胎漏氣了，然后我們不得不停下車。