vt. 打折扣,減價出售;減息貸款;削價出售,打折;減價,減量;
vi. 折扣;貼現率;貼現;
n. 貼現;數目;(任何面值上的)扣除額;(考慮到故事、報告、報道等的夸張或偏見等)不全信;
?? dis 取消+ count數量 → 取消一些金錢的花費\r\n → (價格、債款等)折扣
"Honesty seems to be rather at a discount today."
如今誠實似乎很吃不開.
近義:waive, chuck, discard, discharge, dismiss, ditch
反義:hike, improvement, increment, intensification, interest, lift
n. 百分比,百分數;百分之一;
adj. 百分之…的,每一百中有…的;百分之…支付利息的;
adv. 以百分之…地,每一百中有…地;
?? per貫穿,自始自終+cent一百→百分比
"A conflagration in 1947 reduced 90 percent of the houses to ashes."
1947年的一場大火,使90%的房屋化為灰燼.
近義:percentage, part, portion, fragment, cud, quid