安値で出し抜く、弱める
解説 Definition
競合より安い価格を提示して優位に立つこと。また、誰かの立場や主張を弱体化させること。
Undercuts is the third-person singular present form of undercut. It means that someone or something offers a lower price than a competitor, weakens a position or quality, or physically cuts away material from beneath something.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
undercuts は原形 undercut の三人称単数現在形で、under＋cut の「下から切る」が核。価格なら undercuts its competitors で「競合より安く売る」、批判なら confidence を「損なう」、川岸なら実際に「下を削る」。語尾の -s は /s/ ではなく /s/ と発音する。
Start with the base verb undercut: under plus cut gives the concrete picture of cutting away support from below. From that image, remember its three connected uses. A shop undercuts competitors by charging less; repeated criticism undercuts confidence by weakening its support; water undercuts a riverbank by eroding its lower part. Undercuts is the third-person singular present form used after subjects such as he, she, it, or the store. The final -s is pronounced /s/ because the base ends in the voiceless sound /t/.
例文
The new discount store undercuts its competitors by offering lower prices on every product.
新しいディスカウントストアは、すべての商品でより低い価格を提示して競合を出し抜いている。
His constant criticism undercuts her confidence and makes her doubt her abilities.
彼の絶え間ない批判は彼女の自信を損ない、能力を疑わせている。
Flooding undercuts the riverbank, causing chunks of earth to collapse into the water.
洪水が川岸を下から削り、土の塊が水中に崩れ落ちる。
undercuts の類義語・関連語
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対義語
undercuts の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 under（下に）+ Middle English cutten（切る）の複合語。「下から切り込む」が原義で、競合より低い価格を提示して市場を奪う意味に転じた。関連語に undermine（土台を崩す）、shortcut（近道）がある。物理的に下側を削る動作から、比喩的に相手の足元をすくう経済行為を表すようになった。
Undercuts is the third-person singular present form of undercut, created by adding the regular ending -s. Undercut combines under, from Old English, with cut, which entered Middle English as cutten. Its literal sense is to cut or wear away from beneath. The commercial meaning developed from the idea of going below another seller’s price, while the figurative sense extends the image to weakening someone’s support, authority, or confidence.
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