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”。
• 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 traditional marketer might argue that to the extent that Sea Tow furnishes information that can reduce accidents ( thereby reducing Sea Tow calls), it is undercutting its own business.
  传统的营销人员也许会认为，从某种意义上说SeaTow提供的信息会减少事故（因此也就减少了SeaTow收到的呼救数），这会妨碍公司本身的业务。
• You're undercutting us by1000 yen.
  你干吗比我们便宜1000元。
• 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。
• 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 While illegal out-of-date produce is creating a black market in China.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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• On the Application of the Method of Undercutting with Shallow Overburden to Long-spanned Tunnels
  浅埋暗挖法在大跨隧道中的应用探讨