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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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, 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。