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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 While illegal out-of-date produce is creating a black market in China.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。
• 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。
• But deep-rooted problems are undercutting its status.
  但一些根深蒂固的问题正在削弱美元的这一地位。
• As a result, the Japanese export machine boomed, undercutting American industry; and Japanese investors gobbled up American debt, keeping US Treasury yields artificially low.
  其结果是，日本出口行业机器轰鸣，以更低的价格与美国工业进行竞争；日本投资者大笔购入美国债务，人为压低了美国国债的收益率。
• China engineered a merger in its two state-owned rail companies late last year to prevent them from undercutting each other in international tenders.
  去年底，中国曾撮合两大国有铁路企业合并，以阻止它们在国际招标活动中彼此削弱。
• 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。
• 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。
• You're undercutting us by1000 yen.
  你干吗比我们便宜1000元。