cheapen 英 [ˈtʃi:pən] 　 美 [ˈtʃipən]

cheapen

cheapen　 英 [ˈtʃi:pən] 美 [ˈtʃipən]

vt. 减去…的价格；贬低　 vi. 减价；跌价　

进行时:cheapening　 过去式:cheapened　 过去分词:cheapened　 第三人称单数:cheapens　

Could the cold wind of financial crisis be driving the art market to cheapen its style?　难道金融危机的寒潮只会通过贬低艺术品位的方式来管理艺术市场吗？
Alas, I am loath to cheapen her existence and dignify the city’s anti-cat stance by creating a dog-like defense for her.　哎，我讨厌用狗一般的姿态保护玛贝尔，这简直就是在贬低她的存在，助长这个城市讨伐猫咪的声音。

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  • vt. 减去…的价格；贬低
  • vi. 减价；跌价

  • 1. Could the cold wind of financial crisis be driving the art market to cheapen its style?

    难道金融危机的寒潮只会通过贬低艺术品位的方式来管理艺术市场吗？

  • 2. Alas, I am loath to cheapen her existence and dignify the city’s anti-cat stance by creating a dog-like defense for her.

    哎，我讨厌用狗一般的姿态保护玛贝尔，这简直就是在贬低她的存在，助长这个城市讨伐猫咪的声音。

  • 3. Beijing has a policy to cheapen its currency to grow through exports, on the back of other countries’ demand, while slowing its own domestic demand.

    北京的政策是贬低其货币，通过依赖其他国家的需求，让出口推动经济增长，同时又放缓其国内需求的增长。

  • cheapen (v.) 1570s, "ask the price of" (obsolete), from cheap (adj.), itself from a verb, but that had largely died out by 16c., + -en (1). Meaning "lower the price of" is from 1833, but figuratively, "to lower in estimation" is from 1650s. Related: Cheapened; cheapening.
cheap·en / ˈtʃiːpən ; NAmE ˈtʃiːpən / verb 1 cheapensb/yourself to make sb lose respect for himself or herself 使丧失威信；使贬低 SYN degrade ◆ She never cheapened herself by lowering her standards. 她从不降低标准来贬低自己。 2 cheapensth to make sth lower in price 降低…的价格 ◆ to cheapen the cost of raw materials 降低原材料的成本 3 cheapensth to make sth appear to have less value 使贬值；贬低 ◆ The movie was accused of cheapening human life. 有人指责这部电影贬低了人的生命价值。 cheapen cheapens cheapened cheapening cheap·en / ˈtʃiːpən ; NAmE ˈtʃiːpən /
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