devalue[,di:'vælju:]

• vt.
  • 降低…的价值(或地位、重要性等)：

    Let's not devalue her work unjustly.

    我们不要不公正地贬低她的工作。

    Time has devalued his stature as a play writer.

    随着时光的流逝，他作为剧作家的地位下降了。

  • 使(货币)贬值：

    The country devalued its currency by 5 percent.

    该国使它的货币贬值5%。

    The president has devalued the dollar.

    总统下令降低美元兑换值。

• vi.
  • (政府等)使货币贬值；(货币)贬值：

    The ruble has devalued greatly.

    卢布已大大贬值了。

    The currency has devalued at a rapid rate.

    货币已以很快的速度贬值了。

• 变形:

  vt.devalued.devaluing