"devalue" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 貶值

Definition

使某事物貶值或變得不重要，常指貨幣價值下降，也用於使某事顯得不重要或不受尊重。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

在經濟學中常指貨幣貶值，但日常亦可用來指降低他人或事物的重要性（例如『不要貶低他的努力』）。不是口語或俚語詞彙。

Examples

The country decided to devalue its currency.

該國決定**貶值**其貨幣。

Please don't devalue your own achievements.

請不要**貶低**你自己的成就。

Some people devalue art because they don’t understand it.

有些人因為不懂藝術而**貶低**它。

Raising taxes can sometimes devalue a country's money.

提高稅收有時會使一個國家的錢**貶值**。

Try not to devalue yourself just because someone else is more experienced.

不要因為別人更有經驗就**貶低**自己。

People sometimes devalue traditions they don't know much about.

有時人們會**貶低**他們不太熟悉的傳統。