1、discount
減價;折扣
They are often available at a discount.
它們經常進行打折銷售。
Full-time staff get a 20 per cent discount.
全職員工享受 20% 的折扣。
給…打折;打折出售
This has forced airlines to discount fares heavily in order to spur demand.
這迫使航空公司對機票大幅打折來刺激需求。
Tour prices are being discounted as much as 33%.
旅行價格打了 6.7 折之多。
認為(某種思想、事實、理論)不重要;不全信;認為…不相關
However, traders tended to discount the rumor.
然而,商人往往不相信這一謠傳。
This theory has now been discounted.
這個理論被打了折扣。
2、multiple
多部分的;涉及多人的;有多種用途的
He died of multiple injuries.
他死于多處受傷。
The most common multiple births are twins, two babies born at the same time.
最常見的多胎是雙胞胎,兩個嬰兒同時出生。
倍數
Their numerical system, derived from the Babylonians, was based on multiples of the number six.
他們的數制源自古巴比倫人,以數字6的倍數為基數。
連鎖商店;連鎖店
It made it almost impossible for the smaller retailer to compete against the multiples.
這使得小零售商幾乎不可能跟連鎖店競爭。