English Dictionary

cheapen

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 廃用

(transitive) to decrease the value of; to make cheaper / (transitive) to make vulgar / (intransitive) to become cheaper / (transitive, obsolete) to bargain for, ask the price of.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）価値を下げる、安くする / （他動詞）下品にする、俗っぽくする / （自動詞）安くなる / （他動詞、古語）値段を尋ねる、値段交渉する

Cutting corners on materials will only cheapen the final product.

素材で手を抜くと、最終製品の価値を下げるだけだ。

意味（1）

(transitive) to decrease the value of; to make cheaper

Now, covered concrete troughs to house the cables are laid parallel with the railway lines, cheapening maintenance because of improved accessibility for inspection and repair.

意味（2）

(transitive) to make vulgar

The pace of the season can’t help but cheapen these scenes, but I can’t deny that it’s a blast. I’ve been critical of both the relative depopulation of the cast in this final run and the speedy, schematic narrative that checks off high points and moves on without really building to them.

意味（3）

(intransitive) to become cheaper

意味（4）

(transitive, obsolete) to bargain for, ask the price of.

The maid was on the step, cheapening fish with a virulent lady who had a sieve-full to dispose of.

cheapens （ present singular third-person ）

cheapening （ participle present ）

cheapened （ participle past ）

cheapened （ past ）