gazump sb.
常用于英国房地产交易，指房主在口头或书面协议后提高房价。
The estate agent warned that the seller might gazump us.
房产中介警告说房主可能会抬价敲诈我们。
（谈妥后）抬价
gazumps — third person singular of gazump
在同意较低价格后提高价格；敲诈；索要不合理的价格；vt. 房主抬价敲诈
在同意较低价格后提高价格
raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price
敲诈；索要不合理的价格
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
一般现在时
The seller gazumps the price.
卖家抬价。
一般过去时
They gazumped us after the agreement.
他们协议后抬价。
规则动词
The seller gazumped the buyers after they had verbally agreed on the price.
在买家们口头谈好价格后，卖方又向他们抬价。
用法提示：gazump 是及物动词，过去式，表示谈妥后向买方抬价。
The agent says the owner is gazumping the couple by raising the price again.
中介说房主再次提高要价，正在向那对夫妻抬价。
用法提示：gazump 是及物动词，现在进行时，表示正在抬高价格。
We got gazumped just before the contract was signed.
就在签合同前，我们被抬价了。
用法提示：gazump 用被动结构 get gazumped，表示被抬高价格。
常用于英国房地产交易，指房主在口头或书面协议后提高房价。
The estate agent warned that the seller might gazump us.
房产中介警告说房主可能会抬价敲诈我们。
被动结构表示遭遇抬价。
They got gazumped at the last minute by a higher offer.
他们在最后一刻被一个更高的出价抬价敲诈了。
grammar · medium
易错句子The gazump was unfair.
正确表达The seller gazumped us.
“gazump”是动词，不是名词；表示“抬价敲诈”时，应作为及物动词使用，后接直接宾语。
grammar · medium
易错句子They gazumped on the price.
正确表达They gazumped the price.
“gazump”是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词“on”。
gazump指房主在口头同意后抬高房价，gazunder指买方在成交前压低房价
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