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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Increasingly, China is undercutting Russian sales efforts with similar weapons containing lots of stolen Russian technology.
  日益，中国利用包含诸多窃取自俄罗斯的技术的类似武器侵蚀俄罗斯外销努力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Undercutting competitors in price is always a good strategy, but free implies no real value.
  低价竞争往往可以奏效，但免费意味着没有真正的价值。
• 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。