| 单词 | depreciate |
| 释义 | depreciate (once / 1341 pages) v Something depreciates when it loses value. If you bought shares of a company for $10 each a year ago and now they’re worth $1 each, guess what: they have depreciated. One of the most frustrating things about buying a car is the way it loses value. As soon as you drive it off the lot, your new car has already depreciated by several thousand dollars. Though usually used like this as a financial term, depreciate can also be used as the similar-sounding but unrelated word deprecate meaning "to belittle, lower in esteem." Your teachers should not depreciate you just because you don't always know the answers to their questions! WORD FAMILYdepreciate: depreciated, depreciates, depreciating, depreciation, depreciative, depreciator, depreciatory+/depreciating: depreciatingly/depreciation: depreciations, self-depreciation/depreciative: depreciatively/depreciator: depreciators/depreciatory: depreciatorily USAGE EXAMPLESThe cost of capital investments would be deducted immediately rather than depreciated over years, but interest costs would no longer be deductible. New York Times(Dec 12, 2016) Many governments in this predicament would depreciate their currencies quickly to gain a trade advantage. Wall Street Journal(Dec 07, 2016) Developers erect houses and sell them typically within a couple of years, long before their investments have a chance to depreciate. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) 1v lose in value The dollar depreciated again Syn|Ant|Hyper devaluate, devalue, undervalue appreciate, apprise, apprize, revalue gain in value appreciate, apprise, apprizeincrease the value of decrease, diminish, fall, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range 2v lower the value of something The Fed depreciated the dollar once again Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper devaluate, devalue, undervalue lose in value appreciate, apprise, apprize increase the value of appreciate, apprise, apprize, revaluegain in value expense, write down, write off reduce the estimated value of something devalue lower the value or quality of 3v belittle Syn|Hypo|Hyper deprecate, vilipend deflate, puncture reduce or lessen the size or importance of belittle, disparage, pick at express a negative opinion of |
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