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Undercut Past Under·Cut Tense Sell Undercutting Verb ˌʌndəˈkʌt

Undercut means to sell at a lower price than competitors or to weaken or make something less effective.

压低(价格);以低于…的价格销售;削弱;破坏

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Collins
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/ʌ̱ndə(r)kʌ̱t/
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。
1
[VERB 动词]压低(价格);以低于…的价格销售 If you undercut someone or undercut their prices, you sell a product more cheaply than they do.
  [V n]
  [BUSINESS 商]
  • 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。

  • ...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%

  • Prices were undercut and profits collapsed.

    价格被压低后,利润暴跌。

2
[VERB 动词]削弱;破坏 If your attempts to achieve something are undercut by something, that thing prevents your attempts from being effective.
  [be V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  • 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。

  • 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。


Oxford under·cut
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undercut undercuts undercutting
verb / ˌʌndəˈkʌt ; NAmE ˌʌndərˈkʌt / ( under·cut·ting , under·cut , under·cut ) 1 undercutsb/sth to sell goods or services at a lower price than your competitors 削价竞争;以低于(竞争对手)的价格做生意 ◆ to undercut sb's prices 以低于对手的价格求售 ◆ We were able to undercut our European rivals by 5%. 我们能以低于我们的欧洲对手 5% 的价格出售。 2 undercutsb/sth to make sb/sth weaker or less likely to be effective 削弱;使降低效力 SYN
undermine
◆ Some members of the board were trying to undercut the chairman's authority. 委员会的某些成员试图削弱主席的权力。
noun / ˈʌndəkʌt ; NAmE ˈʌndərkʌt / a way of cutting sb's hair in which the hair is left quite long on top but the hair on the lower part of the head is cut much shorter 大盖儿头发型;帽盔式发型;华盖式发型 under·cut / ˌʌndəˈkʌt ; NAmE ˌʌndərˈkʌt /
LDC
undercutun‧der‧cut /ˌʌndəˈkʌt $ -ər-/ verb (past tense and past participle undercut, present participle undercutting) [transitive]
Verb Table
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1to sell goods or a service at a lower price than another company SYN  undersell:  Online bookstores can undercut retailers by up to 30%.2to make something weaker or less effective SYN  undermine:  Is a lack of self-confidence undercutting your performance at work?
WDF

undercut

[ˌʌndəˈkʌt]undercut, undercutting, undercuts

TEM8GRE
v9304
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VERB14033
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Spoken:

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削弱(82%),切球(6%),廉价出售或工作(3%),从下边切(3%),下部切割(3%),切口(3%)
n.底切;牛腰部下侧嫩肉;砍口;切球
vt.廉价出售;较便宜的工资工作;从下边削球
vi.底切

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