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;
💡 dis 取消+ count数量 → 取消一些金钱的花费\r\n → (价格、债款等)折扣
"Honesty seems to be rather at a discount today."
如今诚实似乎很吃不开.
近义:waive, chuck, discard, discharge, dismiss, ditch
反义:hike, improvement, increment, intensification, interest, lift
n. 百分比,百分数;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贯穿,自始自终+cent一百→百分比
"A conflagration in 1947 reduced 90 percent of the houses to ashes."
1947年的一场大火,使90%的房屋化为灰烬.
近义:percentage, part, portion, fragment, cud, quid