单词	depreciate
释义	depreciatede‧pre‧ci‧ate /dɪˈpriːʃieɪt/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINdepreciate Origin: 1400-1500 Late Latin depretiare, from Latin pretium ‘price’ Verb Table VERB TABLE depreciate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they depreciate he, she, it depreciates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they depreciated Present perfect I, you, we, they have depreciated he, she, it has depreciated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had depreciated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will depreciate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have depreciated Continuous Form Present I am depreciating he, she, it is depreciating you, we, they are depreciating Past I, he, she, it was depreciating you, we, they were depreciating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been depreciating he, she, it has been depreciating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been depreciating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be depreciating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been depreciating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A new car depreciates more quickly than a second-hand one. Dana depreciates the value of his relationships with his friends in his poetry. New cars depreciate quickly in the first two years. The entire cost of an asset is depreciated over a period of years. US investors anticipate that the Deutschmark will, in the long term, depreciate relative to the dollar. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And you could depreciate one-eighth of your tax basis in your home. By depreciating against the other currencies as needed, the scavenger currency would insulate them from this local depression. For other assets there is no provision, statutory or professional, to depreciate them. His call reflects concern that other currencies could depreciate against the euro, leading to strains among the 15 member states. It is clear from the data that the dollar began to depreciate steadily after March 1985. Just how much people will switch out of sterling depends on how much they think the exchange rate will depreciate. These notes are postmarked from countries where the dollar has just gotten weaker, or depreciated. Thus, the United States government might attempt to depreciate the dollar when our economy is in recession. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto become less valuable► fall/decrease/go down in value · Gold and silver have gone down in value.· Most European currencies fell in value yesterday. ► depreciate to become gradually less valuable over a period of time: · A new car depreciates more quickly than a second-hand one.· US investors anticipate that the Deutschmark will, in the long term, depreciate relative to the dollar. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► depreciate in value  New cars depreciate in value quickly. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► value · Lybrand nine days after Forbes magazine reported that Hollywood depreciated the value of its video cassettes more slowly than competitors.· The central bank is most concerned to limit inflation because inflation depreciates the value of the assets held by the commercial banks. 1[intransitive] to decrease in value or price OPP  appreciate:  New cars depreciate in value quickly.2[transitive] technical to reduce the value of something over time, especially for tax purposes:  Company computers are depreciated at 50% per year.3[transitive] formal to make something seem unimportant:  those who depreciate the importance of art in education
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