depreciating
present participle ofdepreciate
| 单词 | depreciating |
| 释义 | depreciating present participle ofdepreciate depreciate verb[IorT] uk/dɪˈpriː.ʃi.eɪt/us/dɪˈpriː.ʃi.eɪt/to (causesomething to)losevalue,especiallyovertime: Ourcardepreciated(by)$1,500 in the firstyearweownedit. In the lastyearourhousehas depreciatedinvalue. Compare appreciate(INCREASE) Price decreases
Examplesofdepreciatingdepreciating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Large foreign-exchange liabilities have also become a serious problem for private banks in the context of macro-economic instability and the constantlydepreciatingcedi. From theCambridge English Corpus Here the author claims status for maternal discourse bydepreciatingthat of the law. From theCambridge English Corpus The combination of adepreciatingcurrency and negative inflation may appear to be paradoxical. From theCambridge English Corpus Bydepreciatingthe currency, you are really starving the country of the financial support it should have. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They throw a gloomy aspect on affairs still more by constantlydepreciatingour own efforts to re-arm ourselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If the house isdepreciating, should not the landlord think of reducing the rent, which he never does, instead of increasing it, as he does? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know, of course, what "money" is—it is a rapidlydepreciatingmeans of exchange. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At present, the corporation isdepreciatingits assets at historic costs, which grossly underprovides for full depreciation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea that we can help this country's economy bydepreciatingthe exchange rate is pure illusion, pure fool's gold. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is merely adepreciatingstock and must be accounted as such. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But caravans, in the nature of their construction, are of adepreciatingcharacter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He cannot leave all that plant lying idle anddepreciatingfor six months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Had the exchange rate beendepreciatingat the same time the position would have been worse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No friend of mine will accuse me ofdepreciatingthe value of historical association and beautiful buildings in educating and refining the community. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The standard of life of the old-age pensioners isdepreciatingbecause of circumstances over which they have no control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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