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Undercut Tense Past Verb 动词 Attempts 英 ˌʌndə'Kʌt] 美

英语单词 undercut
英美音标 英 [ˌʌndə'kʌt] 美 [ˌʌndər'kʌt]
中文释义 v.削弱;廉价出售或工作;从下边切
n.(牛的)嫩腰肉;下部切割;切口;切球
英语例句 (1) However, for most of the target audience, this will undercut the message badly.
(2) Some members of the board were trying to undercut the chairman's authority.
中文例句 (1) 然而,对于大多数观众来说,这会削弱影片所要传达的讯息的张力。
(2) 委员会的某些成员试图削弱主席的权力。
柯林斯解释
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。

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