discount

noun

/ˈdɪskaʊnt/

[countable, uncountable]

an amount of money that is taken off the usual cost of something折扣 synonym reduction
- to get/offer a discount获得/提供折扣
- a 10, 20, 50, etc. per cent discounta 10、20、50等。%折扣
- Spend over £50 and receive a 15 per cent discount.消费超过50英镑，可享受15%的折扣。
- Do you qualify for a student discount?你有资格享受学生折扣吗？
- discount for somebody Do you give any discount for students?对学生有折扣吗？
- If you pay cash you may be able to negotiate a discount.如果你付现金，你可以协商打折。
- discount on something 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。
- discount off something You can get a substantial discount off your car insurance.你可以从汽车保险中获得相当大的折扣。
- at a discount They were selling everything at a discount (= at reduced prices).他们销售的所有商品都打折。
- discount to something a chance to buy new shares at a discount to the current trading price 以低于当前交易价格的价格购买新股的机会
- We offer special discount rates for families.我们为家庭提供特别折扣。
- a discount voucher/coupon/card折扣券/优惠券/卡片
- a discount store/retailer (= one that regularly sells goods at reduced prices)折扣店/零售商
- a discount airline/carrier (= an airline that sells cheap tickets)打折航空公司/航空公司
Wordfinder
- buy
- discount
- loyalty card
- purchase
- receipt
- reduction
- refund
- short-change
- store card
- voucher
Collocations Shopping
Shopping购物
- go/go out/be out shopping去／外出／在外购物
- go to (especially British English) the shops/(especially North American English) a store/(especially North American English) the mall去商店／商场
- do (British English) the shopping/(especially North American English) the grocery shopping/a bit of window-shopping购物；购买食品杂货；逛街浏览一下商店橱窗
- (North American English, informal) hit/hang out at the mall去逛商场；在商场闲逛
- try on clothes/shoes试穿衣服／鞋
- indulge in some retail therapy沉迷于购物疗法（疯狂购物以抚慰心灵）
- go on a spending spree痛痛快快地花一通钱
- cut/cut back on/reduce your spending减少花销
- be/get caught shoplifting在商店行窃被当场逮住
- donate something to/take something to/find something in (British English) a charity shop/(North American English) a thrift store把某物捐赠给／拿到慈善商店；在慈善商店发现某物
- buy/sell/find something at (British English) a car boot sale/(British English) a jumble sale/a garage sale/(North American English) a yard sale在后备箱旧货市场／旧杂物义卖／车库里进行的旧物销售／庭院拍卖会购买／出售／找到某物
- find/get/pick up a bargain找到／买到便宜货
At the shop/store在商店
- load/push/wheel (British English) a trolley/(North American English) a cart往手推车里装东西；推手推车
- stand in/wait in (British English) the checkout queue/(North American English) the checkout line排队付款
- (North American English) stand in line/ (British English) queue at the checkout在付款处排队
- bag (especially North American English) (your) groceries把食品杂货装进袋子
- pack (away) (especially British English) your shopping将所购之物打包
- stack/stock/restock the shelves at a store (with something)（把某物）放上／补齐放上商店的货架
- be (found) on/appear on supermarket/shop shelves
- be in/have in/be out of/run out of stock有货；脱销
- deal with/help/serve customers应付／帮助／服务顾客
- run a special promotion搞特别促销活动
- be on special offer正在搞特价优惠
Buying goods买商品
- make/complete a purchase采购
- buy/purchase something online/by mail order网购；邮购
- make/place/take an order for something订购某物
- buy/order something in bulk/in advance大批／提前购买／订购某物
- accept/take credit cards接受信用卡
- pay (in) cash/by (credit/debit) card/(British English) with a gift voucher/(North American English) with a gift certificate用现金／（信用／借记）卡／礼券支付
- enter your PIN number输入你的个人识别密码
- ask for/get/obtain a receipt索要／拿到收据
- return/exchange an item/a product退还／更换商品／产品
- be entitled to/ask for/demand a refund有资格要求／要求退款
- compare prices对比价格
- offer (somebody)/give (somebody)/get/receive a 30% discount给（某人）／得到 30% 的折扣
- Customers are allowed a discount on orders over £500.订单超过 500 美元的顾客可以享受优惠。
- We offer discounts to educational institutions.我们向教育机构提供折扣。
- How would you like a 20 per cent discount off your grocery bill?你想在购物单上打八折吗？
- A lot of venues and gallleries offer student discounts.很多场馆和gallleries都提供学生折扣。
- If you collect ten bonus points, you will be entitled to a discount.集满 10 个奖励积分就可以享受折扣价。
- It is important to negotiate a good discount and obtain books on approval.重要的是要谈下一个优厚的折扣价，而且图书包退包换。
- Members are given a discount card which entitles them to 20 per cent off.会员将获得一张折扣卡，可享受八折优惠。
- There is a special discount for employees.对员工有特别优惠。
- They offer a trade discount to builders.他们向建筑商提供同行折扣价。
- They only give you a discount if you buy more than a certain amount.购买超过一定数量，他们才会给打折。
- Tickets are available to members at a discount.会员可以优惠价购票。
- We offer a 5 per cent cash discount for prompt payment.对于即期付款，我们提供5%的现金折扣。
- a discount of 30 per cent30%的折扣
- a prescription drug discount card处方药打折卡
- The store manager gave us a 10 per cent discount on the drum set.商店经理给我们的架子鼓打九折。
- Get a 20 per cent discount voucher off your next visit.下次参观可享受八折优惠。
- the recent growth of discount brokers and online trading 折扣经纪人和网上交易最近的增长
Topics Shoppingb1, Businessb1, Moneyb1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- deep
- generous
- …
verb + discount
- allow somebody
- give (somebody)
- offer (somebody)
- …
discount + noun
- card
- coupon
- voucher
- …
preposition
- at a discount
- discount of
- discount on
- …
phrases
- a rate of discount
词源early 17th cent.: from obsolete French descompte (noun), descompter (verb), or (in commercial contexts) from Italian (di)scontare, both from medieval Latin discomputare, from Latin dis- (expressing reversal) + computare, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’.

discount

verb

/ˈdɪskaʊnt/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they discount	/dɪsˈkaʊnt/ /dɪsˈkaʊnt/
he / she / it discounts	/dɪsˈkaʊnts/ /dɪsˈkaʊnts/
past simple discounted	/dɪsˈkaʊntɪd/ /dɪsˈkaʊntɪd/
past participle discounted	/dɪsˈkaʊntɪd/ /dɪsˈkaʊntɪd/
-ing form discounting	/dɪsˈkaʊntɪŋ/ /dɪsˈkaʊntɪŋ/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they discount	/ˈdɪskaʊnt/ /ˈdɪskaʊnt/
he / she / it discounts	/ˈdɪskaʊnts/ /ˈdɪskaʊnts/
past simple discounted	/ˈdɪskaʊntɪd/ /ˈdɪskaʊntɪd/
past participle discounted	/ˈdɪskaʊntɪd/ /ˈdɪskaʊntɪd/
-ing form discounting	/ˈdɪskaʊntɪŋ/ /ˈdɪskaʊntɪŋ/

/ˈdɪskaʊnt/

/ˈdɪskaʊnt/
[usually passive] to take an amount of money off the usual cost of something; to sell something at a discount打折扣；打折出售 synonym reduce
- be discounted by something Most of our stock has been discounted by up to 40 per cent.我们的大部分股票已经折价了40%。
- discounted rates/fares折扣价格/票价
- Students can get discounted tickets.学生可以得到打折票。
- Aer Lingus is offering heavily discounted prices on flights to the US this month. 爱尔兰航空公司本月向飞往美国的航班提供大幅折扣价格。
- discount something The newspaper will discount its cover price this week.这家报纸本周将降低封面价格。
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- alternate
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- convict
- decrease
- delegate
- discount
- duplicate
- estimate
- export
- extract
- graduate
- import
- intimate
- moderate
- object
- permit
- present
- protest
- record
- refund
- refuse
- subject
- suspect
- survey
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- upgrade
- We're offering discounted prices throughout March.整个3月份我们都打折销售。
- It's a mistake to heavily discount the price per item when bidding for a job.投标工作时大幅降低每件商品的价格是错误的。
- Some of last season's stock is still available at hugely discounted prices.上一季的一些股票仍然可以打折出售。
- The discounted fares can be up to 70 per cent less than the airlines' published prices.折扣票价可能比航空公司公布的价格低70%。
- New regulations reduced the airlines' capacity to discount fares.新规定降低了航空公司打折机票的能力。
- The magazine's first issue was sold at the heavily discounted price of £3.00.该杂志的第一期以3.00英镑的折扣价出售。
- You can find discounted flights on the internet.你可以在互联网上买到打折机票。
Topics Moneyb2, Shoppingb2
/dɪsˈkaʊnt/

/dɪsˈkaʊnt/
(formal) to think or say that something is not important or not true认为…不重要；对…不全信；低估 synonym dismiss
- discount something We cannot discount the possibility of further strikes.我们不能低估再次发生罢工的可能性。
- discount something as something 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。
- Buckingham Palace discounted fears for the Queen's health.白金汉宫排除了对女王健康的担忧。
- This theory has now been largely discounted.这一理论现在已经大打折扣。

词源early 17th cent.: from obsolete French descompte (noun), descompter (verb), or (in commercial contexts) from Italian (di)scontare, both from medieval Latin discomputare, from Latin dis- (expressing reversal) + computare, from com- ‘together’ + putare ‘to settle (an account)’.