noun🔗Share抬价抢购, 截胡. The act of gazumping."The potential buyer was devastated to learn that the seller had accepted a higher offer; it was a clear case of gazumping. "这位潜在买家得知卖家接受了更高的报价，简直心碎了；这显然是抬价抢购/截胡。propertybusinessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share敲竹杠，诈骗。 To swindle; to extort."The used car salesman tried to gazump me by adding an extra $500 to the price right before I signed the contract. "那个二手车销售员想在签合同前敲我的竹杠，突然加价500美元。businessfinancepropertyeconomylawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share抬价，坐地起价 To raise the selling price of something (especially property) after previously agreeing to a lower one.""We thought we had bought the house, but the seller gazumped us at the last minute and accepted a higher offer from someone else." "我们本来以为已经买下那栋房子了，结果卖家在最后关头抬价，接受了别人更高的报价。propertybusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share抬价抢购，截胡. To buy a property by bidding more than the price of an existing, accepted offer."The Smiths gazumped the Browns' offer on the house, paying more money to secure the property. "史密斯一家通过抬价抢购，截胡了布朗家已经接受的房子，花更多的钱拿下了这处房产。propertybusinessfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share截胡，从中渔利. To trump or preempt; to reap the benefit underhandedly from a situation that someone else has worked to create."The Smiths gazumped the Joneses by offering a higher price for the house just as the Joneses thought they had the deal finalized. "史密斯夫妇在琼斯夫妇以为交易已经敲定的时候，通过出更高的价格截胡，把琼斯夫妇看中的房子抢走了。propertybusinesseconomyfinancemoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share汽车，车辆 An automobile."My gazump broke down on the way to work, so I was late. "我的汽车在上班路上抛锚了，所以我迟到了。vehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share受贿的政客，贪官。 A politician who takes bribes."The newspaper exposed a local politician as a gazump who accepted money in exchange for favors. "这家报纸揭露了一位当地政客是个贪官，他收受贿赂以权谋私。politicsgovernmentpersonmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
