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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 While illegal out-of-date produce is creating a black market in China.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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, if such a direct comparison is not possible, the existence of price undercutting may be demonstrated on the basis of export unit values.
  但是，如不可能进行此类直接比较，则可依据出口单价证明存在价格削低。
• I'm certain that our rival companies are undercutting by keeping their prices so low.
  我敢肯定竞争公司把价格定得这么低是在挖我们的墙角。
• 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。