The dot.com bust discredited most predictions of that sort and in the years that followed, conventional retailers’ confidence in the future increased as Census continued to report weak online sales.
2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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败坏…的名声;使丧失信誉;使丢脸
To discredit someone or something means to cause them to lose people's respect or trust.