downmarket

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But taking an existing brand downmarket in this way can be dangerous, analysts say.Consumers are unlikely to revert to the more expensive version if they are offered a similar product for less.

不过分析家认为，这种把已经定位的高端品牌向低端转型的行为非常危险，消费者一旦可以用更便宜的价格买到类似的产品就很难再花更多钱购买它的高级兄弟了。

EXAMPLE: The previously luxurious furniture store has become much more downmarket since my last visit there, and now their products seem quite low in quality, as well as price.

与我上次来的时候相比，这家原先卖豪华家具的家具店档次下降了很多，现在卖的东西质量和价格都相当低。

Mr Murdoch is a tabloid king who has a reputation for taking everything he buys downmarket.

默多克先生是小报之王，他让收购的所有业务迎合低级趣味的做法可是名声在外。

EXAMPLE: To increase sales, the famous French designer of very expensive women's fashions also produces a downmarket line of clothes that ordinary business women can afford.

为增加销售额，这家法国的著名高价位女装公司还生产普通职业女性买得起的低端服装。

The company wanted to break away from its traditional, downmarket image.

该公司想远离自己原来树立的传统低端的企业形象。

downmarket

adj. 低档的; 面向低层社会的 adv. 面向低收入阶层

It followed the Mirror's exclusive story last month when we first revealed that Alfie was not the real father, nailing another far-fetched claim by a downmarket tabloid.

这一事件迅速引起媒体关注，一些媒体不惜出重金购买他们的独家故事，帕滕一度被冠以“世界上年纪最小的父亲”。

"Some people like that sort of thing, but the artificiality gives it a downmarket feel, something unlikely to improve as the paint on the stucco begins to discolor and chip.

“不排除也有人会喜欢，但是人造的东西总会给人很低档的感觉，就像灰泥墙上开始褪色剥落的涂料，要出新恐怕不大可能。”

Capitalism's ability to take things downmarket also has its limits.

资本主义使事物低档化的能力也有其限度。