discard

verb
🔊/dɪˈskɑːd/
🔊/dɪˈskɑːrd/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they discard
🔊/dɪˈskɑːd/
🔊/dɪˈskɑːrd/
he / she / it discards
🔊/dɪˈskɑːdz/
🔊/dɪˈskɑːrdz/
past simple discarded
🔊/dɪˈskɑːdɪd/
🔊/dɪˈskɑːrdɪd/
past participle discarded
🔊/dɪˈskɑːdɪd/
🔊/dɪˈskɑːrdɪd/
-ing form discarding
🔊/dɪˈskɑːdɪŋ/
🔊/dɪˈskɑːrdɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] (formal) to get rid of something that you no longer want or need丢弃;抛弃
    • discard somebody/something The room was littered with discarded newspapers.房间里到处是乱扔的报纸。🔊🔊
    • He had discarded his jacket because of the heat.因天气炎热他脱掉了夹克。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) She could now discard all thought of promotion.她现在可以打消晋升的念头了。🔊🔊
    • discard somebody/something as something 10 per cent of the data was discarded as unreliable.10%的数据由于不可靠而被丢弃。
    Extra Examples
    • Older managers have been discarded in favour of younger people.年龄较大的管理人员已遭弃用,由年轻一些的接手。
    • Rose quickly discarded the idea.露丝很快抛弃了这种想法。
    • These ideas have now been completely discarded.这些观念现在已经完全被抛弃了。
    • the parts of the animal that people may simply discard as inedible动物身上被认为不能吃而直接丢弃的部份
    • Most of the data was discarded as unreliable.大部分数据因不可靠而被废弃。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • completely
    • entirely
    • largely
    preposition
    • in favour/​favor of
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  2. [transitive, intransitive] discard (something) (in card games纸牌游戏) to get rid of a card that you do not want垫(牌);打出(无用的牌)
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • completely
    • entirely
    • largely
    preposition
    • in favour/​favor of
    See full entry
  3. Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘reject (a playing card)’): from dis- (expressing removal) + the noun card.

discard

noun
🔊/ˈdɪskɑːd/
🔊/ˈdɪskɑːrd/
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  1. a person or thing that is not wanted or that is thrown away, especially a card in a card game被抛弃的人(或物);(尤指纸牌游戏中)垫出的牌
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘reject (a playing card)’): from dis- (expressing removal) + the noun card.