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.
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.
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。