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

• At one project, sales manager Susan Yang says her bosses are considering 'stealth price cuts' rebates, of maybe 30% that would keep the development competitive without undercutting its high-end image.
  一个住宅项目的销售经理SusanYang说，她的老板正打算隐性降价，折扣幅度可能达到30%，这样就可以在不破坏楼盘高端形象的同时保持竞争力。
• 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。
• Each company could capture the entire market by undercutting by a penny, and the process of undercutting would only stop when prices fell to the cost of production.
  每家公司都可以以比竞争对手低一便士的价格来占领整个市场，这种抢生意的定价过程只有在价格降至生产成本的时候才会停止。
• 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。
• However, she says new entrants to the market are undercutting prices and cautions that the worst thing they could do is to win a mandate and not meet expectations.
  不过，她表示，市场的新进入者正在削减价格。她还警告称，对它们而言，最坏的事可能是赢得委托却实现不了预期。
• 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。
• Indeed, the only thing upon which everyone agrees is that the current fiscal fights make the policy options far worse by undercutting US economic power, military muscle and credibility.
  确实，唯一得到每个人认同的一点是，当前围绕财政预算的争斗削弱了美国经济和军事实力、损害了美国的信誉，从而导致美国面临的政策选择形势大大恶化。
• A large computer hardware retailer positioned itself at the bottom end of the market by undercutting all its competitors.
  一家大型电脑硬件零售公司志在竞争压价，把自己定位于市场价格的底部。
• 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。
• The weld shall be free of any lack of fusion, undercutting, cracks and other defects which could impair the worability or use of the product in question as specified by the purchaser.
  焊缝不能有未熔合，咬边，裂纹和其它影响产品工作和使用的缺陷。这些都已经经过采购人员的一再强调。