devalue
美音:
[dı´væl´ju:
]英音:
[dı´væl´ju:
]v.(=devaluate)减值,贬值
难易程度:
devalue为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:devalued/devaluated 过去分词:devalued/devaluated 现在分词:devaluing/devaluating 第三人称单数:devalues/devaluates 名词:devaluation 异体字:devaluate
devalue
/,di:'vælju:; di`vælju/
v [Tn]
(a) reduce the value of (a currency) in relation to other currencies or gold 使(某种货币)贬值
*devalue the dollar, pound, mark, etc 使美元、英镑、马克等贬值.
(b) reduce the value or worth of (sth) 降低(某事物)的价值; 贬低(某事物)的重要性
*criticism that devalues our work 贬低我们工作成绩的批评.
devalue
v
[I and T]technical
to reduce the value of one country's money when it is exchanged for another country's money
Nigeria has just devalued its currency .
[T]
to make someone or something seem less important or valuable
History has tended to devalue the contributions of women.
>devaluation [diː,vælju'eɪʃən/