undercut

verb

1. 削（价）竞争；以低于（竞争对手）的价格做生意
   to sell goods or services at a lower price than your competitors
   1. to undercut sb's prices
      以低于对手的价格求售
   2. 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. 削弱；使降低效力
   to make sth weaker or less likely to be effective
   1. 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

1. 大盖儿头发型；帽盔式发型；华盖式发型
   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

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 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.
   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。
2. VERB 削弱；破坏
   If your attempts to achieve something are undercut by 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。

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. Prices were undercut and profits collapsed.
   价格被压低后，利润暴跌。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. This emulation implies several layers imposing a natural lower bound for the network latency which cannot be undercut.
   这样的模拟意味着使用多个层会影响网络延迟的正常下限，而这个下限是无法再下调的。
6. Depriving it of the resources to combat future global market crises would directly undercut the US national interest.
   剥夺它用来抵御未来全球市场危机的资源，将直接损害美国国家利益。
7. Indeed Venezuelan bonds, undercut by the falling oil price, have been dropping ever since.
   实际上，因油价下跌而被压低的委内瑞拉债券，从那时起价格一直在下跌。
8. A supplier in China had undercut him by$ 3 a post.
   一家中国供应商的报价每根钢柱比他低了3美元，因此拿到了合同。
9. We have taken up the gauntlet and are redesigning the product using cheaper materials to undercut our competitors.
   我们已接受挑战，正使用廉价的材料重新设计产品，以降低价格与我们的竞争者抢生意。
10. In both cases other banks would still have enough clout to undercut any collusion by the biggest competitors.
    因此无论从哪种角度出发，其他的投资银行都有足够的实力击碎四大银行的勾结行为。
11. For example, a market leader can quickly find its intellectual property has been stolen, its products copied and its price position undercut.
    例如，一个市场领袖可能很快发现，有人窃取了它的知识产权，并仿制它的产品，从而削弱了它的价格定位。
12. Analysis of the Undercut Problem in Blade Root NC Machining and Its Solving Measures
    叶根数控加工中欠切问题分析及措施
13. If he had not seized this opportunity to undercut them Schryhart or Arneel would have done so.
    假使他不抓住这个机会拆他们的台，希利哈或者阿尼耳也会这样干的。
14. Because it rarely involves praise and frequently employs criticism, it can undercut morale and job satisfaction.
    很少涉及表扬，并地批评方法，它有打压士气和工作满意度。
15. In the realm of visual art, this very trend has undercut the growth and continuity of Chinese painting.
    就艺术而言，西方文明入侵，彻底摧毁和中断了中国绘画之延续和发展。
16. In this subtle way, the unpopularity of the Bush administration undercut Mr McCain's advantage in seniority.
    以这种微妙的方式，布什政府的不受欢迎削弱了麦凯恩在资历上的优势。
17. I just hope your honesty doesn't undercut your irreverence.
    我希望你的诚实不会削弱你的无礼。
18. But two other analyses of the trial data undercut the significance of that result.
    但是另两个附加试验数据分析削弱了这一试验结果的意义。
19. For some, the case for US equities is undercut by the attractiveness of corporate bonds.
    对一些人来说，企业债券的吸引力影响了他们对于美国股市的兴趣。
20. Countries such as Cambodia and Bangladesh now undercut Vietnam in cheap manufactures.
    柬埔寨和孟加拉国一类国家现在正以低价与越南竞争廉价制造业市场。
21. The large-scale producer can usually undercut his smaller competitors.
    大规模生产者通常能用削价手段抢掉小型竞争对手的生意。
22. The retailer is offering caskets at prices that undercut many funeral homes, say correspondents.
    沃尔玛出售棺材的价格比许多殡仪馆都低，记者说。
23. He persistently undercut their prices.
    他坚持削低他们的价格。
24. What maximum depth of undercut is permitted in transverse splices of primary members?
    在主要构件中，横向接缝的咬边最大允许多深？
25. The charges over who is devaluing their currencies to undercut national competitors have dominated headlines in recent weeks.
    最近几周，对谁谁谁正在压低本币以削弱他国竞争对手的指控一直占据着新闻头条。
26. The refined details of a silversmith are seductive but they are undercut by an astringent clear-sighted questioning.
    在完善细节，银匠是诱人的，但它们削弱了明确的涩有远见的讯问。
27. One unfortunate matchbox manufacturer was undercut by Chinese imports at one-fifth of the price, including shipping.
    一家走背字的火柴盒制造商受到从中国进口火柴盒的严重冲击，中国火柴盒包括运费也仅有其价格的五分之一。
28. The basic exercises on the pommel horse include the undercut, double leg circles and scissors.
    鞍马的基本练习包括：异侧摆越，双脚全旋和交叉。
29. Objective To study the relationship between the depth of abutment undercut and the retention of gold alloy clasp.
    目的研究金合金卡环固位力与卡环臂进入基牙倒凹深度间的关系。
30. I accept that it may undercut the wages of unskilled local labour.
    我承认，移民可能会降低本地非熟练劳动力的薪水。

noun

1. a cut made underneath to remove material

2. (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
   1. cuts do not bother a good tennis player

   Synonym:    cut

3. a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall

4. the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column

   Synonym:    tenderloin

5. the material removed by a cut made underneath

verb

1. cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall

2. strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot

3. cut away the underpart of
   1. undercut a vein of ore

4. cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief

5. sell cheaper than one's competition

   Synonym:    undersell