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 减价;折扣 A discount is a reduction in the usual price of something. 减价;折扣
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They are often available at a discount.
它们经常进行打折销售。
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Full-time staff get a 20 per cent discount.
全职员工享受 20% 的折扣。
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...a discount store specializing in household goods.
专营家居用品的折扣店
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...discontinued ranges of tiles at discount prices.
折价出售的已停产的一套瓷砖
SYN deduction, cut, reduction, concession
2 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. 给…打折;打折出售
SYN mark down, cut, reduce, lower
3 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. 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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However, traders tended to discount the rumor. [VERB noun]
然而，商人往往不相信这一谣传。
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This theory has now been discounted. [VERB noun]
这个理论被打了折扣。
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