discount

1. N-COUNT A discount is a reduction in the usual price of something. 折扣

They are often available at a discount. 它們經(jīng)常可以以折扣價買到。

All full-time staff get a 20 percent discount. 所有全職員工都可以享受8折優(yōu)惠。

2. V-T 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. 對…打折

This has forced airlines to discount fares heavily in order to spur demand. 這已經(jīng)迫使多家航空公司對機票大幅打折以刺激需求。

3. V-T If you discount an idea, fact, or theory, you consider that it is not true, not important, or not relevant. 不理會

However, traders tended to discount the rumour. 但是，商人們傾向于不理會這個傳聞。