discard
verb- [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%的数据因不可靠而被丢弃。
Extra ExamplesOlder 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
- …
- in favour/favor of
- discard somebody/something
- [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
- …
- in favour/favor of
Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘reject (a playing card)’): from dis- (expressing removal) + the noun card.