discounted
discounted — 形容詞
1. available to buy for less money than the normal price, often because a shop is h
打折的
以低於原價販售的（商品、票券等）
available to buy for less money than the normal price, often because a shop is having a sale or wants to clear old stock.
Tomás bought two discounted laptops during the back-to-school sale at the campus store.
Tomás 在校園書店的開學特賣中買了兩台打折的筆電。
attributive: discounted + noun (laptops)
Last winter coats from the previous season are heavily discounted at the outlet mall in Taoyuan.
上一季沒賣完的冬季外套，在桃園的暢貨中心折扣得非常低。
predicative + intensifier: heavily discounted
Sumin booked a discounted train ticket to Busan two weeks before her trip.
Sumin 提前兩個禮拜訂了一張打折的火車票去釜山。
The bookstore offers a discounted rate to students who show a valid ID card.
這家書店對出示有效學生證的學生提供打折的優惠價。
Members of the gym can enrol in yoga classes at a discounted price every Sunday morning.
健身房的會員每週日早上都可以用折扣的價格報名瑜伽課程。
- reduced
very close synonym; 'reduced price' is interchangeable with 'discounted price'
- marked down
more informal; emphasises the act of lowering a labelled price in a shop
- on sale
predicative only; describes the item as currently in a sale rather than as a permanent feature
- full-price
the original, unreduced price
- premium
priced higher than normal, often for quality or exclusivity
文法句型
discounted + noun (price/ticket/rate)
be discounted (predicative)
用法筆記
Almost always sits directly before a noun (a discounted ticket, the discounted items) or follows a linking verb with an intensifier (heavily/deeply discounted). The fixed phrase 'at a discounted price/rate' is the most common pattern.
常見錯誤
discounted — 動詞
1. past tense of 'discount' meaning sold something for a lower amount than its usua
降價賣出
把商品以低於原價的金額賣出
past tense of 'discount' meaning sold something for a lower amount than its usual price, usually to attract buyers or clear stock.
The bakery discounted yesterday's bread by fifty percent on Sunday afternoon.
那家麵包店在週日下午把前一天的麵包打了五折。
pattern: discounted [noun] by [percentage]
Élise discounted the handmade scarves from twenty euros to twelve euros at the Christmas market.
Élise 在聖誕市集把手工圍巾從二十歐元降到了十二歐元。
pattern: discounted [noun] from $X to $Y
The travel agency discounted flights to Okinawa during the rainy season to fill empty seats.
為了把空位填滿，那家旅行社在雨季把飛沖繩的機票降價賣出。
Christopher discounted the old printer in his garage sale because nobody had shown any interest.
Christopher 把車庫拍賣中的舊印表機降價賣，因為一直沒有人有興趣。
Furniture stores often discounted display models heavily after a new collection arrived.
新一季商品上架後，傢俱店常常把展示樣品大幅降價清掉。
- marked down
more informal; common in retail contexts
- reduced
very close synonym; slightly more formal in price contexts
- slashed
informal and dramatic; suggests a large, sudden cut, often in headlines
文法句型
discounted + noun (goods/tickets)
discounted [noun] by [amount/percentage]
discounted [noun] from $X to $Y
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 2: this sense always concerns money or price. If the object is a thing being sold (a product, a service, a ticket), this is the right reading. If the object is an idea, claim, or person's opinion, you want sense 2.
常見錯誤
2. past tense of 'discount' meaning decided that an idea, claim, or piece of inform
不予採信
判定某個說法或想法不值得認真看待
past tense of 'discount' meaning decided that an idea, claim, or piece of information was not worth taking seriously, often after weighing the evidence.
The detective discounted the witness's story because too many details kept changing each time.
那名警探不採信目擊者的說詞，因為每次的細節都一直在變。
pattern: discounted + noun (story/claim) with reason clause
Investors quickly discounted the rumour about a merger after the chief executive denied it in public.
執行長公開否認合併傳聞後，投資人很快就把這個消息丟到一邊。
object: discounted the rumour / the possibility / the report
Trang discounted Daniel's warning about the road, and her car got stuck in the flood that evening.
Trang 沒把 Daniel 對路況的提醒當一回事，結果當晚她的車就卡在水患裡。
Scientists discounted the early theory as soon as new data from the satellite arrived.
衛星傳回新數據後，科學家立刻不再採信原本那套早期理論。
Voters in the small town discounted the politician's promises after he had broken three of them already.
那名政客已經跳票三項承諾，這個小鎮的選民再也不把他的政見當真。
- dismissed
very close synonym; the most natural everyday replacement
- disregarded
more formal; emphasises deliberate ignoring
- discredited
stronger; suggests showing something to be false, not just setting it aside
文法句型
discounted + noun (claim/possibility/idea)
discounted [noun] as [adjective/noun]
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person, group, or institution doing assessment (a court, investors, scientists, voters). Object is something proposed for belief — a claim, rumour, theory, possibility, or someone's words. Often appears with 'as [unreliable / insufficient / fake]' to state the basis for rejecting it.