depreciate

verb

/dɪˈpriːʃieɪt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they depreciate	/dɪˈpriːʃieɪt/ /dɪˈpriːʃieɪt/
he / she / it depreciates	/dɪˈpriːʃieɪts/ /dɪˈpriːʃieɪts/
past simple depreciated	/dɪˈpriːʃieɪtɪd/ /dɪˈpriːʃieɪtɪd/
past participle depreciated	/dɪˈpriːʃieɪtɪd/ /dɪˈpriːʃieɪtɪd/
-ing form depreciating	/dɪˈpriːʃieɪtɪŋ/ /dɪˈpriːʃieɪtɪŋ/

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[intransitive] to become less valuable over a period of time贬值；跌价
- New cars start to depreciate as soon as they are on the road.新车一上路就开始贬值。
- Shares continued to depreciate on the stock markets today.今日股市股价继续下跌。
opposite appreciate
Extra Examples
- Cars depreciate in value rapidly.汽车贬值很快。
- Sterling is expected to depreciate against the dollar.预计英镑对美元的汇率会下跌。
- The peso depreciated by 9%.比索贬值了 9%。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- quickly
- rapidly
- fully
- …
verb + depreciate
- be likely to
preposition
- against
- by
phrases
- depreciate in value
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[transitive] depreciate something (business商业) to reduce the value, as stated in the company’s accounts, of a particular asset over a particular period of time折旧
- The bank depreciates laptops over a period of five years.该银行在五年内对笔记本电脑进行折旧。
Topics Moneyc2
[transitive] depreciate something (formal) to make something seem unimportant or of no value贬低；轻视
- I had no intention of depreciating your contribution.我并不想贬低你的贡献。

Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from late Latin depreciat- ‘lowered in price, undervalued’, from the verb depreciare, from Latin de- ‘down’ + pretium ‘price’.