| 词汇 | underperform |
| 释义 | underperform verb[ I or T ] uk /ˌʌndəpəˈfɔːm/us to operate in a less successful way than other things of the same type: The company has underperformed for a long time. FINANCE to make less profit than other investments of the same type: The company's shares have underperformed the market by 35%. underperformancenoun[ U ] The Bank's shares should improve their recent 20% underperformance against the rest of the banking sector. Examples of underperformunderperform We find firms with pension plans underperform their industries as measured by stock returns, but not accounting measures of performance. Firms with pension plans significantly underperform their industry in terms of stock returns. There is also evidence to suggest that funds with a defined benefit plan have underperformed relative to funds with hybrid benefit structures. Along the continuum between the extremes are markets that are underperforming but have not failed. Firms with pension plans underperform their industry in terms of stock return performance. Suppliers that underperformed were subject to penalties, terminations, or drastic reductions in business. All schools that underperform must be turned around within two years, closed or given a fresh start. Networks too can cause the market to underperform. In short, this model portrays a pattern in which strong candidates consistently underperform expectations in the election. Pension plans that hold under 20 % in employer stock only underperform modestly but at high levels of employer stock investment the authors find significant impact on risk adjusted performance. Some hospitals are performing very well, some are producing a middling performance and a few, sadly, are persistently underperforming. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the stock market underperforms, the employee's pension is likely to be smaller than it would have been under a final salary scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, he hinted that it was one of the three underperforming agencies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, if a school begins to underperform, the local education authority has a responsibility to intervene. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The more grant-maintained schools there are, the more pressure there will be on schools that underperform to perform better. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of underperform These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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