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单词 cheapen
释义 cheap·en
\ˈchēpən\ verb
(cheapened ; cheapened ; cheapening \-p(ə)niŋ\ ; cheapens)
Etymology: 1, 2, or 3cheap + -en
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to ask the price of
 b. : to bid or bargain for
2. : to make cheap: as
 a. : to lessen the price or the value of
  < a glutted market cheapens the goods in all categories >
 b. : to lower in general esteem
 c. : to make tawdry, vulgar, or inferior in some moral sense
  < how a group of human beings can be cheapened by the constant waterdrop of shabbiness … during the depression — Henry Hewes >
intransitive verb
: to become cheap
 < food cheapens in summer >
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