Pronounced /'dɪskaʊnt/ for meanings 1 and 2, and /dɪs'kaʊnt/ for meaning 3. 义项 1 和义项 2 读作 /'dɪskaʊnt/,义项 3 读作/dɪs'kaʊnt/。
- N-COUNT 减价;折扣
A discount is a reduction in the usual price of something.
- They are often available at a discount...
它们经常进行打折销售。 - Full-time staff get a 20 per cent discount.
全职员工享受 20% 的折扣。 - ...a discount store specializing in household goods.
专营家居用品的折扣店 - ...discontinued ranges of tiles at discount prices.
折价出售的已停产的一套瓷砖
- VERB 给…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.
- This has forced airlines to discount fares heavily in order to spur demand...
这迫使航空公司对机票大幅打折来刺激需求。 - Tour prices are being discounted as much as 33%.
旅行价格打了 6.7 折之多。
- VERB 认为(某种思想、事实、理论)不重要;不全信;认为…不相关
If you discount an idea, fact, or theory, you consider that it is not true, not important, or not relevant.
- However, traders tended to discount the rumor...
然而,商人往往不相信这一谣传。 - This theory has now been discounted.
这个理论被打了折扣。