depreciate
英 [d?'pri???e?t; -s?-]
美 [d?'pri??et]
- vt. 使貶值；貶低；輕視
- vi. 貶值；輕視；貶低
助記提示
1. appreciate, precious => depreciate.
中文詞源
depreciate 貶值de-, 向下。-prec, 價(jià)格，價(jià)值，詞源同price. 即貶值。
英文詞源
- depreciate
- depreciate: see price
- depreciate (v.)
- mid-15c., from Latin depretiatus, past participle of depretiare "to lower the price of, undervalue," from de- "down" (see de-) + pretium "price" (see price (n.)). Related: Depreciated; depreciating; depreciatory.
雙語例句
- 1. New cars start to depreciate as soon as they are on the road.
- 新車一上路就開始貶值。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. The car value will depreciate by 2000 dollars in the first year.
- 汽車在第一年將減值大約2000美元.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. We must not depreciate the work she has done.
- 我們不要輕視她所做的工作.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. We think lower German interest rates in due course will allow European currencies to depreciate against the dollar bloc.
- 我們認(rèn)為較低的德國利率到時候?qū)⑷菰S歐洲貨幣相對于美元集團(tuán)貨幣發(fā)生貶值。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Don't depreciate my efforts to help / what I have done.
- 不要輕視我為幫忙所付出的努力[我已做的事].
來自辭典例句