verb🔗Share敲竹杠，诈骗 To swindle; to extort."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。businesseconomyfinancepropertylawChat 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.""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。propertybusinesseconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share截胡，抬价抢购 To buy a property by bidding more than the price of an existing, accepted offer."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。propertybusinessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share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."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。propertybusinesseconomyfinancelawmoralsituationattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share坐地起价， 背信弃义。 The act of one who gazumps."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。propertybusinesseconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
