Depreciation is the annual cost of writing down the value of your property plant and equipment.

折旧是指每年你的不动产及机器设备的减值。

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Financial institutions and others need to fess up to their mistakes by selling or writing down the value of distressed assets they bought with borrowed money.

金融机构和其他机构通过减少其拿借款购买的亏本资产的价值这种方式来承认自己的错误；

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He said the value was the fact that writing it down makes you reflect on what you are eating, which makes us more aware of our habits and gives us a better chance that we will change our behaviour.

他说意义在于这种活动让你可以思索你吃了什么，这让我们对自己的习惯更有意识，并给我们更好的机会去改变我们的行为。

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They say that, you know, writing down the value of assets right now just adds to volatility.

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There is no procedure for writing down the value of such loans, no matter how questionable their worth.

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But Oppenheim feels both have proven themselves the most realistic in writing down the value of their landholdings.

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