highlight, subvert, discount,

highlight   /ˈhaɪlaɪt/ DJ    /'haɪˈlaɪt/ KK

• verb
  • to emphasize something, especially so that people give it more attention 突出；強調 VN
  • to mark part of a text with a special coloured pen, or to mark an area on a computer screen, to emphasize it or make it easier to see 將（文本的某部份）用彩筆做標記；將（計算機屏幕的某區域）增強亮度；使醒目 VN
  • to make some parts of your hair a lighter colour than the rest by using a chemical substance on them 挑染（將部份頭髮染成淺色） VN
• noun
  • the best, most interesting or most exciting part of something 最好（或最精彩、最激動人心）的部份
  • areas of hair that are lighter than the rest, usually because a chemical substance has been put on them 挑染的頭髮 plural
    • Alternate:
      highlights
• the light or bright part of a picture or photograph （圖畫或照片的）強光部份 plural technical
  
  Pick out and emphasize
  Make visually prominent
  Mark with a highlighter
  
  

subvert   /səbˈvɜːt/ DJ    /-ˈvɜːrt/ DJ US    /səb'vɝt/ KK US

• verb
  • to try to destroy the authority of a political, religious, etc. system by attacking it secretly or indirectly 顛覆；暗中破壞 VN V formal
    • See also:
      undermine Synonym
  • to try to destroy a person's beliefs or loyalties 使背叛；使變節；策反 VN formal
    • See also:
      undermine Synonym
  • Derivative:
    subversion noun, uncountable   /səbˈvɜːʃn/ DJ    /-ˈvɜːrʒn/ DJ, US    /səb'vɝʒən/ KK, US

discount /ˈdɪskaʊnt/ DJ /'dɪskaunt/ KK

1.an amount of money that is taken off the usual cost of something 折扣 countable uncountable

See also: reduction Synonym

to get/give/offer a discount 得到／給予／提供折扣

discount rates/prices 貼現率；折扣價

a 10% discount 九折

They were selling everything at a discount(= at reduced prices). 他們銷售的所有商品都打折。

a discount shop(= one that regularly sells goods at reduced prices) 打折商店

Do you give any discount? 你們打折嗎？

verb

/dɪsˈkaʊnt/ DJ /dɪs'kaunt/ KK /ˈdɪskaʊnt/ DJ, American English /'dɪskaunt/ KK, American English

1.to think or say that something is not important or not true 認為…不重要；對…不全信；低估 ~ sth (as sth) formal VN

We cannot discount the possibility of further strikes. 我們不能低估再次發生罷工的可能性。

The news reports were being discounted as propaganda. 人們認為這些新聞報道不過是為了宣傳，不可全信。

2.to take an amount of money off the usual cost of something; to sell something at a discount 打折扣；打折出售 VN