undercut

より安く売る

商品や仕事の代金を競争相手より安くする。

やさしい英語で： To charge less for goods or work than someone competing with you.

• The supermarket undercut local shops.
• They undercut our prices by ten percent.
• Small firms cannot always undercut their larger competitors.

使い方： undercut someone by an amount (They undercut us by five pounds.)

類義語： undersell

よく使う表現： undercut someone, undercut prices, undercut the competition

下を削る、下をえぐる

上の部分が突き出るように、物の下側を削り取る。

やさしい英語で： To remove material from underneath something so its upper part sticks out.

• The river undercut the bank.
• Waves have undercut the cliff.
• The sculptor undercut the stone to create a projecting edge.

よく使う表現： undercut something, undercut a bank, undercut the cliff

下部の切り込み

物の下側に入れた切り込み、またはそれによって取り除かれた部分。

やさしい英語で： A cut made underneath something, or the material removed by that cut.

• He made an undercut in the trunk.
• The undercut left the upper edge sticking out.
• She cleared away the material from the undercut.

よく使う表現： make an undercut, deep undercut, undercut in something

牛ヒレ肉

牛の背中の下側にある、柔らかい肉の部位。

やさしい英語で： A tender piece of beef from below the back of a cow.

• The butcher sold us an undercut.
• She roasted the undercut for dinner.
• This undercut is a tender piece of beef.

類義語： fillet, tenderloin

よく使う表現： beef undercut, roast undercut, undercut steak