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Discount ˈdɪskaʊnt Sth Discounted Usual Price Amount Noun

The word "discount" can be used as a noun meaning a reduction in price, or as a verb meaning to reduce a price or to consider something unimportant or untrue.

discount (名词) 减价;折扣;(动词) 给…打折 / discount (动词) 认为(某种思想、事实、理论)不重要;不全信;认为…不相关。

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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/。
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]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

2
[VERB 动词]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.
  [V n]
  • 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。

3
[VERB 动词]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.
  [V n]
  • 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。


Oxford dis·count
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discount discounts discounted discounting
noun / ˈdɪskaʊnt ; NAmE ˈdɪskaʊnt / [countable ,  uncountable ] an amount of money that is taken off the usual cost of sth 折扣 SYN
reduction
to get/give/offer a discount 得到╱给予╱提供折扣 discount rates/prices 贴现率;折扣价 discount(on/off sth) They're offering a 10% discount on all sofas this month. 本月他们给沙发售价统统打九折。 They were selling everything at a discount (= at reduced prices). 他们销售的所有商品都打折。 a discount shop (= one that regularly sells goods at reduced prices) 打折商店 Do you give any discount? 你们打折吗? collocationsat
shopping
verb / dɪsˈkaʊnt ; NAmE dɪsˈkaʊnt ; ˈdɪskaʊnt / 1 ( formal) to think or say that sth is not important or not true 认为…不重要;对…不全信;低估 SYN
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discountsth We cannot discount the possibility offurther strikes. 我们不能低估再次发生罢工的可能性。 discountsth as sth The news reports were being discounted as propaganda. 人们认为这些新闻报道不过是为了宣传,不可全信。
2 discountsth to take an amount of money off the usual cost of sth; to sell sth at a discount 打折扣;打折出售 SYN
reduce
discounted prices/fares 打折价╱票价
dis·count / ˈdɪskaʊnt ; NAmE ˈdɪskaʊnt /
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discount1 noun
discount2 verb
discountdis‧count1 /ˈdɪskaʊnt/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable]
Examples
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a reduction in the usual price of something10% discount/discount of 25% etc Members get a 15% discount.at a discount Employees can buy books at a discount.discount on The Young Persons Railcard gives you a discount on rail travel.offer/give somebody a discountdiscount price/fare discount airfares to Europediscount store/shop/warehouse (=a place where you can buy goods cheaply)COLLOCATIONSverbsget/receive a discount· You get a discount if you book more than ten tickets.give (somebody) a discount· Many theatres give discounts to students.offer (somebody) a discount· Lenders may offer a discount on larger loans.ask for a discount· I asked for a discount because the vase was slightly damaged.be entitled to a discount (=have the right to get a discount)· Staff are entitled to a 20% discount.adjectivesa special discount· Some of the hotels offer special discounts during the winter.a big/small discount· If you spend over £50, you get a big discount.a substantial/good discount (=a fairly big one)· Insurance companies give substantial discounts to mature drivers.a 10%/40% etc discount· The magazine is offering readers a 15% discount on its subscription fees.discount + NOUNa discount price· You can buy books online at discount prices.a discount fare· The bus company offers discount fares to pensioners.a discount scheme (=system for giving discounts to people)· Many stores operate discount schemes for regular customers.a discount card· The discount card entitles customers to 15% off.a discount store/shop (=selling things more cheaply than other shops)· There's a lot of competition from large discount stores.
discount1 noun
discount2 verb
discountdis‧count2 /dɪsˈkaʊnt $ ˈdɪskaʊnt/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
Verb Table
Examples
Collocations
1to regard something as unlikely to be true or important:  Experts discounted the accuracy of the polls. General Hausken had not discounted the possibility of an aerial attack.2to reduce the price of something:  Games were discounted to as little as $5.
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discount

[ˈdɪskaʊnt]discounted, discounting, discounts

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折扣(68%),贴现(17%),贴现率(7%),打折扣(5%),不全信(1%),不重视(1%),减息贷款(1%)
n.折扣;贴现率
vt.打折扣;将…贴现;贬损;低估;忽视
vi.贴现;打折扣出售商品

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