verb 下载 🔗分享 敲竹杠,诈骗 To swindle; to extort. Examples : "The used car salesman tried to gazump me by adding hidden fees at the last minute. " 那个二手车销售想敲我的竹杠,最后时刻突然增加了很多隐藏费用。 business economy finance property law 与AI对话词汇游戏阅读练习
verb 下载 🔗分享 抬价,坐地起价 To raise the selling price of something (especially property) after previously agreeing to a lower one. Examples : ""The seller gazumped us by raising the price of the house $10,000 just before we were about to sign the final papers." " 卖家在我们准备签最终合同时,突然抬价一万美元,真是坐地起价,把我们给耍了。 property business economy finance 与AI对话词汇游戏阅读练习
verb 下载 🔗分享 截胡,抬价抢购 To buy a property by bidding more than the price of an existing, accepted offer. Examples : "Sarah was devastated when she learned a richer buyer had gazumped her, offering the seller £5,000 more for the house even after Sarah's offer had been accepted. " 萨拉非常沮丧,因为她得知一个更有钱的买家截胡了她的房子,即使她的报价已经被接受了,那个买家还是多出了5000英镑向卖家抬价抢购了。 property business finance 与AI对话词汇游戏阅读练习
verb 下载 🔗分享 截胡,坐享其成。 To trump or preempt; to reap the benefit underhandedly from a situation that someone else has worked to create. Examples : "After weeks of negotiation, Sarah thought she finally had the deal, but her coworker gazumped her by going directly to the boss with a similar idea and claiming it as his own. " 谈判了好几个星期,莎拉以为终于搞定了这笔交易,结果她的同事直接去找老板提出了一个类似的想法,还说是他自己的,截了她的胡,坐享其成。 property business economy finance law moral situation attitude 与AI对话词汇游戏阅读练习
noun 下载 🔗分享 坐地起价, 背信弃义。 The act of one who gazumps. Examples : "The Smiths lost their dream house due to gazumping; another buyer offered a higher price at the last minute, even after their offer was accepted. " 史密斯夫妇失去了他们梦想中的房子,都是因为坐地起价,背信弃义; 即使在他们的出价被接受后,另一个买家在最后时刻提供了更高的价格。 property business economy finance 与AI对话词汇游戏阅读练习