Discount
[ dɪs'kaʊnt ]
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vt. 打折扣，减价出售;减息贷款;削价出售，打折;减价，减量;
vi. 折扣;贴现率;贴现;
n. 贴现;数目;（任何面值上的）扣除额;（考虑到故事、报告、报道等的夸张或偏见等）不全信;
💡 词根助记
dis 取消+ count数量 → 取消一些金钱的花费\r\n → (价格、债款等)折扣
📝 例句
We give (a) 10% discount for cash, ie for immediate payment.
现金付款, 我们予以九折优待.
Oh, no sir. We already gave you a discount on each item.
哦，不行，先生。每一件东西我们都给你打过折扣了。
make [give, allow] (a) 5% discount [a discount of 5%] on cash purchases
对现金购买打九五折
On production of your membership card, you will receive a discount on purchases.
持会员证购物可享受折扣优待.
That store discounts all its slow-selling goods.
那家商店削价出售所有滞销货。
🌱 联想助记
【记】dis-谐音“的士”,count-计算:晚上坐的士地,都是有折扣计算的
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-count-表示“计算”
📖 牛津释义
discount
n[U, C]
1 amount of money taken off the cost of sth 从某物的价格中扣去的数目; 折扣
We give
(a) 10% discount for cash, ie for immediate payment. 现金付款, 我们予以九折优待.
2 (commerce 商) amount deducted for paying a bill of exchange 折息贴现. Cf 参看 rebate.
3 (idm 习语) at a discount
(a) at a reduced price 打折扣; 减价.
(b) (fig 比喻) not highly valued; unfashionable 不受重视的; 不时兴的
Concern for others seems to be at (something of) a discount today. 如今好像不兴关心别人了.
discount v [Tn]
1 regard (sth) as unimportant or untrue; ignore (sb/sth) 不重视, 不相信, 不理会（某人[某事物]）
You can discount what Jack said
he's a dreadful liar. 杰克说的话你不必当真, 他可是个说谎大王.
2 (commerce 商) buy or sell (a bill of exchange) for less than it will be worth when due 将（票据）贴现.
🎯 考研助记
去除(dis)部分再计算(count)是 折扣 网友：yqy补充： dis不，count算：那部分不算了－－折扣
🔁 扩展释义
*['diskaunt]n. 折扣, 贴现率vt. 打折扣vi. 贴现【法】 折扣, 贴现打折扣, 折息; 折扣, 折让, 减价相关词组: at a discount
🏥 医学释义
折扣（额），酌减
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「电话英语」词汇
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Yes. If we go on polluting the world, it won't be fit for us to live in.
是的。如果我们继续污染世界，地球就不适合我们居住了。
Ah, it's just the thing, the very thing!
啊，正合适啦！合适极了！
I'm planning to start a school, so I'm trying to save as much money as possible.
我计划开办一所学校，因此我在设法尽可能地多攒钱。