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  • US
  • ['ʌndɚ.kʌt][.ʌndɚ'kʌt]
  • UK
  • ['ʌndəkʌt]['ʌndə'kʌt]
  • Conjugation : past  undercut ; ing  undercutting
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

undercut ['ʌndɚ.kʌt] ['ʌndəkʌt] ['ʌndɚ.kʌt] ['ʌndəkʌt] [.ʌndɚ'kʌt] ['ʌndə'kʌt]
  1. 1. noun 雕出;浮雕
  2. 2. noun 雕出的花样浮雕的花样
  3. 3. noun [American English] (伐树)砍口
  4. 4. noun 主要用于英格兰,(牛)里脊肉
  5. 5. noun [Sports] 网球等的)下旋球;(高尔夫球的)使球逆旋的上击
  6. 6. adjective 底切的;被切去下部
  7. 7. vt. 雕出(花样);浮雕花样
  8. 8. vt. 削砍去…的下部;从下部切开
  9. 9. vt. 以比别人低的价格出售商品);索价低于他人;愿拿较低的工资与…抢饭碗(指职位
    We cannot buy from you because another supplier undercut you.
    其他供应商报价你们低,所以我们不能从你处采购
    Competitors in the food trade did their best to undercut each other's prices.
    食品市场的竞争者们竞相压价
  10. 10. vt. 削弱…的地位削减…的力量破坏
    Recently, Chinese exporters have seen their efforts increasingly undercut by the impact of the spreading subprime mortgage crisis.
    近年来,中国出口厂商受到了次贷危机冲击
    However, for most of the target reader, this will undercut the message.
    然而对于大多数目标读者来说,这会削弱所要传达讯息说服力
  11. 11. vt. [Sports] 下旋手法击(球等)
  12. 12. vi. 切去下部;底切

Collins English-English Dictionary

undercut
  1. 1. vb to charge less than (a competitor) in order to obtain trade
  2. 2. vb to cut away the under part of (something)
  3. 3. vb [sport] to hit (a ball) in such a way as to impart backspin
  4. 4. n the act or an instance of cutting underneath
  5. 5. n a part that is cut away underneath
  6. 6. n a tenderloin of beef, including the fillet
  7. 7. n [forestry] [chiefly US and Canadian] a notch cut in a tree trunk, to ensure a clean break in felling
  8. 8. n [sport] a stroke that imparts backspin to the ball

Examples

Competitors in the food trade did their best to undercut each other's prices.
食品市场的竞争者们竞相压价。
However, for most of the target reader, this will undercut the message.
然而,对于大多数目标读者来说,这会削弱所要传达的讯息的说服力。

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