deflating

例句:

• She sets the limits and hoists, when needed, an ego-deflating eyebrow.
  来自NEWYORKER
• In fact, Mammy had spent her time deflating her conceit.
  实际上, 嬷嬷把时间都用来给她的骄傲自负泼冷水.
  
• You are deflating an economy already shrunk by the stock market meltdown.
  你正使得由于股市的崩盘所导致的经济萎缩愈发失去信心.
  
• I hope they can bounce back, because this was an ego - deflating loss.
  我希望他们能够重新振作,迅速反弹, 因为今天的失利是有失尊严的.
  
• Dust the surface of the deflating meringue with sifted icing sugar.
  来自THETIMES
• Inside, he slouches in a kitchen chair, like a tire deflating.
  来自NEWYORKER