Pronounced 'dɪskaʊnt/ for meanings 1 and 2, and /dɪs'kaʊnt/ for meaning 3. 義項 1 和義項 2 讀作 /'dɪskaʊnt/,義項 3 讀作/dɪs'kaʊnt/。
1 N-COUNT 減價;折扣 A
discount is a reduction in the usual price of something.
減價;折扣 -
They are often available at a discount.
它們經常進行打折銷售。
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Full-time staff get a 20 per cent discount.
全職員工享受 20% 的折扣。
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...a discount store specializing in household goods.
專營家居用品的折扣店
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...discontinued ranges of tiles at discount prices.
折價出售的已停産的一套瓷磚
2 VERB 給…打折;打折出售 If a shop or company
discounts an amount or percentage from something that they are selling, they take the amount or percentage off the usual price.
給…打折;打折出售 3 VERB 認爲(某種思想、事實、理論)不重要;不全信;認爲…不相關 If you
discount an idea, fact, or theory, you consider that it is not true, not important, or not relevant.
認爲(某種思想、事實、理論)不重要;不全信;認爲…不相關 -
However, traders tended to discount the rumor. [VERB noun]
然而,商人往往不相信這一謠傳。
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This theory has now been discounted. [VERB noun]
這個理論被打了折扣。
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