lowball

lowball

美 ['ləʊbɔ:l] 　英 ['ləʊbɔ:l]

• v.有意压低（成本、价值等的）估价；虚报低价
• 网络虚低价；向虚报低价；虚假低价

词形变化

过去分词：lowballed  现在分词：lowballing  第三人称单数：lowballs  

英汉解释

v.	1. to deliberately quote a price or estimate that is lower than the eventual cost

例句

America satisfied a minimum requirement of coming to Copenhagen with a defined pledge to cut emissions, but it was a lowball offer.

美国满足了带着削减排放保证参加哥本哈根峰会的最低要求，但是带来的是个虚报低价。

This is different; it looks more like the Groupon hybrid of commerce and advertising, lowball commerce as advertising.

但两者不同，Places看起来更像是商业和广告的团购杂交，把虚报低价作为广告。

Make a lowball offer and, again, you'll leave plenty of room for appreciation.

再等一个超低价，那么，甚至潜力就会很大。

JPMorgan Chase made a lowball offer for WaMu soon after buying Bear Stearns, but was rebuffed.

（摩根大通在收购贝尔斯登后很快提出以低价收购互助银行，但遭到后者拒绝）。

Employees are sick and tired of tough conditions and lowball offers from prospective employers.

员工受不了各种苛刻条件，想跳槽，可能的未来雇主又压低起薪。

Grumblers complain that they're competing with offshore workers who give lowball figures to win assignments.

那些爱发牢骚的人就认为他们在和一些通过虚拟报价赢得工作任务的人竞争。

Rather than immediately reject or accept a lowball deal, you should mount a careful counterattack, experts recommend.

专家建议，面对公司开出的低薪，你应该谨慎地予以“反击”，而不是直截了当地拒绝或者接受。

But it's striking how many people you meet in Beijing who say official statistics lowball the true inflation rate.

很多人议论，官方数据在通货膨胀率统计上作假，这同样令人吃惊。

So employers feel they can get away with lowball offers.

于是，老板们觉得开低薪水也照样能请到人。