devalue
verb🔊/ˌdiːˈvæljuː/
🔊/ˌdiːˈvæljuː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they devalue | 🔊/ˌdiːˈvæljuː/ 🔊/ˌdiːˈvæljuː/ |
| he / she / it devalues | 🔊/ˌdiːˈvæljuːz/ 🔊/ˌdiːˈvæljuːz/ |
| past simple devalued | 🔊/ˌdiːˈvæljuːd/ 🔊/ˌdiːˈvæljuːd/ |
| past participle devalued | 🔊/ˌdiːˈvæljuːd/ 🔊/ˌdiːˈvæljuːd/ |
| -ing form devaluing | 🔊/ˌdiːˈvæljuːɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌdiːˈvæljuːɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (
finance 金融 (of money 钱 to reduce in value when it is exchanged for the money of another country; to reduce the value of money in this way 使（货币）贬值 The local currency was rapidly devaluing. 当地货币正在迅速贬值。 - devalue (something) (against something)
The pound was devalued against the US dollar. 英镑对美元贬值了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- against
- by
- [transitive] devalue something
to give a lower value to something, making it seem less important than it really is 降低…的价值；贬低