"deflating" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 放气
• 令人泄气的

Definition

把某物的气放掉（如气球），或让某人感到泄气或失落。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

'Deflating' 既可表示物理意义（放气），也常用于比喻，形容让人感到灰心或丧气的经历。常和体验、消息一起用。

Examples

The balloon is deflating slowly.

气球正在慢慢**放气**。

It was deflating to lose the game.

输掉比赛让人感到很**泄气**。

The tire is deflating after hitting a nail.

轮胎被钉子扎了后正在**放气**。

Getting that criticism was pretty deflating.

收到那样的批评挺让人**泄气**的。

Watching your team lose after such a good start is so deflating.

看到你的队伍开局很好却输了比赛，真的很**泄气**。

After all that effort, getting rejected felt really deflating.

付出了那么多努力却被拒绝，真的让人很**泄气**。