| 单词 | undercut |
| 释义 | undercut (ʌndəʳkʌt ) Word forms: undercuts , undercutting language note: The form undercut is used in the present tense and is also the past tense and past participle. 1. verb If you undercut someone or undercut their prices, you sell a product more cheaply than they do. [business] The firm will be able to undercut its competitors whilst still making a profit. [VERB noun] ...promises to undercut air fares on some routes by 40 per cent. [VERB noun] Prices were undercut and profits collapsed. [VERB noun] Synonyms: underprice, sell cheaply, sell at a loss, undersell 2. verb [usually passive] If your attempts to achieve something are undercut by something, that thing prevents your attempts from being effective. The appeal in Miller's pictures of Indian women is undercut at times by what the artist writes about them. [be VERB-ed] Popular support would be undercut by political developments. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: weaken, undermine, subvert, threaten Collocations: undercut the competition They can undercut the competition or take the currency gain in higher profits. Times, Sunday Times If you want to find tenants for any kind of property, you have to undercut the competition. Times, Sunday Times By re-using rockets he hopes to undercut the competition in the commercial space launch business by at least a third. Times, Sunday Times He began in business as a small-time trucker whose rigorous approach to cost control allowed him to undercut the competition. Times, Sunday Times He reportedly undercut his competition, leaving him very unpopular with fellow artists and staff. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 以低于…的价格出售 Japanese: 安く売る |
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