depreciate：贬值；折旧；（对人/事物）贬低、轻视。常见用法包括：资产随时间折旧/贬值，或在言语中贬低某人/某物。（也有“降低……的价值/重要性”的含义）
/diˈpriːʃieɪt/
The value of a new car depreciates quickly.
新车的价值贬得很快。
Over time, the company had to depreciate its equipment on the balance sheet, even though the machines were still working well.
随着时间推移，公司不得不在资产负债表上对设备计提折旧，尽管这些机器仍运转良好。
来自拉丁语前缀 **de-**（向下、降低）+ pretium（价格）相关词根，整体含义是“把价格/价值往下拉”，因此引申为“贬值、折旧”，以及“贬低（价值或重要性）”。
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