单词 | undercut |
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音标 | ['ʌndəkʌt] |
解释 | v.削价与(竞争者)抢生意 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 削价与(竞争者)抢 生意( sell goods or services more cheaply than a competitor) 【记】 under(在...下面)+ cut(砍) |
字源 | undercut (v.) late 14c., "to cut down or off," from under + cut (v.). In the commercial sense of "sell at lower prices" (or work at lower wages) it is first attested 1884. Figurative sense of "render unstable, undermine" is recorded from 1955, from earlier literal meaning "cut so as to leave the upper portion larger than the lower" (1874). |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 无 |
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