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

• 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。
• 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。
• Nature made this den, a cave undercutting bluff of beautiful orange-beige sandstone.
  这是个浑然天成的洞穴。山洞在一个浅桔色的砂岩峭壁之下。
• No more undercutting yourself and humbly accepting crumbs when you're worth gold.
  当你价值黄金的时候，无需妄自菲薄，谦卑地接受面包屑般的报酬。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。