| 词汇 | depreciating |
| 释义 | depreciating present participle ofdepreciate 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 Our 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。 In 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 bearishly closeout concessional couponer couponing debase deflate depreciate devalue freeze knock off (something) knock someone down mark something down nosedive overdiscount post-devaluation spiral tumble Examples of depreciatingdepreciating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Large foreign-exchange liabilities have also become a serious problem for private banks in the context of macro-economic instability and the constantly depreciating cedi. Here the author claims status for maternal discourse by depreciating that of the law. The combination of a depreciating currency and negative inflation may appear to be paradoxical. By depreciating the currency, you are really starving the country of the financial support it should have. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They throw a gloomy aspect on affairs still more by constantly depreciating our own efforts to re-arm ourselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the house is depreciating, should not the landlord think of reducing the rent, which he never does, instead of increasing it, as he does? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know, of course, what "money" is—it is a rapidly depreciating means of exchange. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At present, the corporation is depreciating its assets at historic costs, which grossly underprovides for full depreciation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea that we can help this country's economy by depreciating the exchange rate is pure illusion, pure fool's gold. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is merely a depreciating stock and must be accounted as such. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But caravans, in the nature of their construction, are of a depreciating character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He cannot leave all that plant lying idle and depreciating for six months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Had the exchange rate been depreciating at the same time the position would have been worse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No friend of mine will accuse me of depreciating the value of historical association and beautiful buildings in educating and refining the community. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The standard of life of the old-age pensioners is depreciating because of circumstances over which they have no control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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