• vt. 拋棄；放棄；丟棄
• vi. 放棄
• n. 拋棄；被丟棄的東西或人

dis-, 不，非，使相反。card, 卡片，牌。即丟牌，引申義丟棄。

discard (v.)

1590s, literally "to throw a card away," from dis- "away" + card (n.). Figurative use (in a non-gaming sense) is first recorded 1580s. In the card-playing sense, decard is attested by 1550s. Related: Discarded; discarding. As a noun, from 1742.

1. Einstein had the chutzpah to discard common sense and long-established theory.

愛因斯坦敢于拋棄常識和長期公認的理論。

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2. Clean the mussels and discard any that do not close.

把貽貝洗干凈，凡是合不上口的都扔掉。

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3. Discard the bacon rind and cut each rasher in half.

去掉熏肉的外皮，再把每一片熏肉切成兩半。

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4. Cut the flesh from the olives and discard the stones.

把橄欖的果肉切下來，然后去除果核。

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5. We should discard old beliefs.

我們應該拋棄舊觀念.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》