depreciate 音标拼音: [dɪpr'iʃi
, et]
v . 贬值,贬低,蔑视;不赞成,反对…
贬值,贬低,蔑视;不赞成,反对…
depreciate v 1 :
belittle ; "
The teacher should not deprecate his student '
s efforts " [
synonym : {
deprecate }, {
depreciate }, {
vilipend }]
2 :
lower the value of something ; "
The Fed depreciated the dollar once again " [
ant : {
appreciate }, {
apprise }, {
apprize }]
3 :
lose in value ; "
The dollar depreciated again " [
synonym :
{
depreciate }, {
undervalue }, {
devaluate }, {
devalue }] [
ant :
{
appreciate }, {
apprise }, {
apprize }, {
revalue }]
Depreciate \
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pre "
ci *
ate \,
v .
i .
To fall in value ;
to become of less worth ;
to sink in estimation ;
as ,
a paper currency will depreciate ,
unless it is convertible into specie .
[
1913 Webster ]
Depreciate \
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Depreciated }
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{
Depreciating } (
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L .
depretiatus ,
depreciatus ,
p .
p .
of depretiare , -
ciare ,
to depreciate ;
de -
pretiare to prize ,
fr .
pretium price .
See {
Price }.]
To lessen in price or estimated value ;
to lower the worth of ;
to represent as of little value or claim to esteem ;
to undervalue . --
Addison .
[
1913 Webster ]
Which . . .
some over -
severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously ,
or undervalue and depreciate . --
Cudworth .
[
1913 Webster ]
To prove that the Americans ought not to be free ,
we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself .
--
Burke .
Syn :
To decry ;
disparage ;
traduce ;
lower ;
detract ;
underrate .
See {
Decry }.
[
1913 Webster ]
149 Moby Thesaurus words for "
depreciate ":
abate ,
ablate ,
abrade ,
abridge ,
abstract ,
abuse ,
allow ,
bate ,
beat down ,
belittle ,
break ,
bring down ,
bring into discredit ,
bring low ,
charge off ,
cheapen ,
compress ,
consume ,
cry down ,
curtail ,
cut ,
cut back ,
cut down ,
cut prices ,
damp ,
dampen ,
de -
emphasize ,
debase ,
decline ,
decrease ,
decry ,
deduct ,
deflate ,
degrade ,
denigrate ,
deplete ,
deprecate ,
depress ,
deride ,
derogate ,
derogate from ,
despise ,
detract ,
detract from ,
devaluate ,
devalue ,
diminish ,
disapprove of ,
discommend ,
discount ,
discredit ,
disdain ,
disesteem ,
disgrace ,
disparage ,
dispraise ,
dissipate ,
disvalue ,
dive ,
downgrade ,
downplay ,
drain ,
dribble away ,
dwindle ,
eat away ,
erode ,
extract ,
fall ,
fall in price ,
file away ,
give way ,
hold in contempt ,
impair ,
jew down ,
kick back ,
knock ,
leach ,
lessen ,
lower ,
make allowance ,
make light of ,
make little of ,
make nothing of ,
mark down ,
minimize ,
misestimate ,
misprize ,
nose -
dive ,
pare ,
play down ,
plummet ,
plunge ,
purify ,
put down ,
rebate ,
reduce ,
refine ,
reflect discredit upon ,
refund ,
remove ,
retrench ,
ridicule ,
roll back ,
rub away ,
run down ,
sag ,
scale down ,
sell short ,
set at naught ,
set little by ,
shave ,
shorten ,
shrink ,
shrug off ,
simplify ,
slash ,
slight ,
slump ,
soften ,
speak ill of ,
squander ,
step down ,
subduct ,
submit to indignity ,
subtract ,
take a premium ,
take away ,
take from ,
take off ,
talk down ,
thin ,
thin out ,
think little of ,
think nothing of ,
trim ,
tune down ,
underestimate ,
underplay ,
underprize ,
underrate ,
underreckon ,
undervalue ,
waste ,
wear ,
wear away ,
weed ,
withdraw ,
write down ,
write off
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