undercutting

英 [ˌʌndəˈkʌtɪŋ]

美 [ˌʌndərˈkʌtɪŋ]

v.  削(价)竞争; 以低于(竞争对手)的价格做生意; 削弱; 使降低效力
undercut的现在分词

现在分词：undercutting　

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柯林斯词典

The form undercut is used in the present tense and is also the past tense and past participle. undercut 的过去式和过去分词与原形相同。


• VERB 压低(价格)；以低于…的价格销售
  If youundercutsomeone orundercuttheir prices, you sell a product more cheaply than they do.
  1. The firm will be able to undercut its competitors whilst still making a profit.
     该公司将得以把价格压得低于竞争对手而仍能盈利。
  2. ...promises to undercut air fares on some routes by 40 per cent...
     承诺将一些航线的票价降低40%
  3. Prices were undercut and profits collapsed.
     价格被压低后，利润暴跌。
• VERB 削弱；破坏
  If your attempts to achieve somethingare undercutby something, that thing prevents your attempts from being effective.
  1. The appeal in Miller's pictures of Indian women is undercut at times by what the artist writes about them...
     米勒画作中印第安妇女的魅力有时会被艺术家的文字描述削弱。
  2. Popular support would be undercut by political developments.
     民众的支持率将会随政治势态的发展而下降。

双语例句

• This could undermine the "quality of primetime programming" by undercutting the advertising revenues that support it.
  这样做可能减少广告收入，进而损害该收入支持的“黄金时段节目的质量”。
• Undercutting thriving business models is exactly what technology companies should do.
  削弱欣欣向荣的商业模式正是技术公司应该做的。
• The derivatives trades could also giving shipping lines a useful benchmark for their salesforce to use, instead of simply undercutting other lines.
  衍生品交易也可能给班轮航运公司的销售团队一个有用的基准，而不再简单地提供低于其它公司的报价。
• You're undercutting us by1000 yen.
  你干吗比我们便宜1000元。
• Economic growth in Asia is slowing more than many expected, undercutting the region's ability to keep other parts of the world from sliding into recession.
  亚洲经济增长的放缓比很多人预计的更为严重，这削弱了该地区帮助世界其他地区免于陷入衰退的能力。
• Vietnamese press claim chicken, sturgeon, fruit and vegetables from China have been undercutting local market prices. While illegal out-of-date produce is creating a black market in China.
  越南声称来自中国的鸡肉、鲟鱼和果蔬降低了当地产品的市场价位，而他们却将严重过期的不法产品运至中国，甚至还形成了黑市。
• I'm certain that our rival companies are undercutting by keeping their prices so low.
  我敢肯定竞争公司把价格定得这么低是在挖我们的墙角。
• Most other member governments of the IMF, particularly the emerging markets, find themselves somewhere between the two – concerned about Chinese currency misalignment undercutting their manufacturers but also worried that investors with cheap borrowed dollars are driving their currencies higher in the search for yield.
  IMF的其它大多数成员国，尤其是新兴市场，发现自己两头为难&既担心人民币汇率失调冲击本国制造商，又担心廉价借入美元的投资者为了寻求收益率而推高本币汇率。
• A Dell spokeswoman says the company is focused on profitable growth rather than undercutting rivals to gain market share.
  戴尔发言人说，公司的重点在于利润增长，而不是与竞争对手抢夺市场份额。
• By repeatedly undercutting his price, his competitions soon had him on the ropes.
  竞争者们一再削价与他抢生意，很快就逼得他走投无路了。