这些动词都有“抛弃、丢弃”之意。
discard : 指把具体的东西抛掉不要,着重扔、丢的动作。
- Discarded food containers and bottles littered the streets.
街上到处都是被丢弃的食品包装和瓶子。 - 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。 - 10% of the data was discarded as unreliable.
10% 的数据因不可靠而被废弃。 - She could now discard all thought of promotion.
她现在可以打消晋升的念头了。
scrap : 指抛弃过时不再有用的东西。
- They had been forced to scrap plans for a new school building.
他们已被迫撤销了建筑新校舍的计划。 - The oldest of the aircraft were scrapped.
最老的飞机报废了。 - They're considering scrapping the tax and raising the money in other ways.
他们正在考虑废除这个税种,用其他方法募集款项。 - We scrapped our plans for a trip to France.
我们取消了法国之行的计划。
shed : 指毛发、皮肤、叶等经过某种自然的过程而脱落。
- The trees shed their leaves in autumn.
树木在秋天落叶。 - They ran down to the water, shedding clothes as they went.
他们奔向大海,一边跑一边脱衣服。 - A lorry had shed a load of gravel across the road.
一辆卡车在路上掉下了一堆碎石。 - The factory is shedding a large number of jobs.
这家工厂正大批裁员。 - a quick way to shed unwanted pounds (= extra weight or fat on your body)
快速减肥的方法 - Museums have been trying hard to shed their stuffy image.
博物馆一直努力改变自己沉闷的形象。