词汇 | depreciate |
释义 | depreciate verb[ I or T ] uk /dɪˈpriː.ʃi.eɪt/ us /dɪˈpriː.ʃi.eɪt/ to (cause something to) lose value, especially over time: (尤指随时间的推移)(使)贬值,(使)跌价 depreciate byOur car depreciated by $1,500 in the first year we owned it.我们买的车第一年就贬值了1500美元。 The peso was strong, depreciating only 3 percent per year. depreciate in valueIn the last year our house has depreciated in value.我们的房子在过去一年间贬值了。 Compare appreciate(INCREASE) Price decreases bargain bear market bearish bearishly closeout concessional couponer couponing debase deflate devalue drop off freeze knock off (something) knock someone down mark something down nosedive overdiscount post-devaluation spiral depreciate | American Dictionarydepreciate verb[ T ] us/dɪˈpri·ʃIˌeɪt, -ˈprɪʃ·i-/ to cause something to lose value, esp. over time: Malawi’s currency was rapidly depreciating. depreciationnoun[ U ]us/dɪˌpri·ʃiˈeɪ·ʃən, -ˌprɪʃ·i-/ The dollar’s depreciation will lead to higher inflation and interest rates, hurting the economy. depreciate | Business Englishdepreciate verb uk /dɪˈpriːʃieɪt/us [ T ] ACCOUNTING, TAX when a company depreciates an asset, such as a piece of equipment, it reduces its value in its accounts over a certain length of time: Machine tools are typically depreciated over seven years. Compare amortize [ I or T ] MONEY, FINANCE if a currency depreciates or is depreciated, it loses value in comparison with other currencies: The government allowed the currency to depreciate by 4% to 5% a year to boost Indonesia's export competitiveness. In the short term the euro is expected to depreciate against the dollar. Compare appreciate [ I ] to lose value: The value of a real antique increases over the years, but a reproduction immediately depreciates in value. Compare appreciate Examples of depreciatedepreciate Why should this depreciate music's status, artistic quality or any other pedagogically important matter? If intertemporal externalities strongly affect future production possibilities and the externalities depreciate quickly, short-term monetary shocks can have long-term real effects. Such shocks create very little conflict, as both central banks want to depreciate the real exchange rate. Capital is assumed to depreciate fully with use. In the business-cycle literature, the intertemporal externality is a flow variable that depreciates every period. Both young and middle-aged consumers may hold fiat money m, the value of which depreciates with a rate of inflation each period. Capital is assumed to depreciate at rate d and depreciation is subtracted from the tax base. Despite which appreciated or depreciated, silver could not substitute for copper coins. There are tendencies to withhold commitment of medical and occupational resources, depreciate individuality and foster passivity and dependence. Less favourable employment conditions for these groups or depreciated stock of human capital are possible explanations for this finding. By so doing it depreciates haughty and celestial invention, which in a flash, condescends to raise up and transcend the sensory world. The boilers depreciate over the years depending on the types of coal used. The boilers depreciate at a faster rate if they use high-ash domestic coal than if they use washed or imported coal. Conceivably also, the growing opportunities for formal education depreciate the perceived value of older people's accumulated knowledge, and their reputation for practical wisdom is undermined. I depreciate scandals by one unit each quarter, so a large scandal, for example, can influence election calling for three quarters. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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