make a deliberately low estimate;

"The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed"

What if you really want a job, but the employer makes you a lowball offer?

如果你真的想要一份工作，但是雇主向你虚报低价怎么办？

Rather than immediately reject or accept a lowball deal, you should mount a careful counterattack, experts recommend.

专家建议，面对公司开出的低薪，你应该谨慎地予以「反击」，而不是直截了当地拒绝或者接受。

But it「s striking how many people you meet in Beijing who say official statistics lowball the true inflation rate.

很多人议论，官方数据在通货膨胀率统计上作假，这同样令人吃惊。

Thu says he suspects some Chinese companies have won construction contracts by submitting lowball bids, which could mean they are cutting corners, threatening quality and safety.

阮文秋怀疑中国企业通过过低的报价赢得建筑合同——报价过低意味着他们可能偷工减料，影响质量与安全。

Overall, February」s weakness could have been driven by bad weather, deals canceled over lowball appraisals and a higher number of distress sales, according to the National Association of Realtors.

根据国家不动产经纪人协会(National Association ofRealtors)，总体上，二月份的房市虚弱可能一直是天气不好、是因评估虚报达成的交易的取消、是销售高度不振等因素所造成的。

This is different; it looks more like the Groupon hybrid of commerce and advertising, lowball commerce as advertising.

但两者不同，Places看起来更像是商业和广告的团购杂交，把虚报低价作为广告。

They also claim Chinese producers are dumping aluminium on the global market at lowball prices.

他们还声称中国生产商低价向全球市场倾销铝。

Grumblers complain that they「re competing with offshore workers who give lowball figures to win assignments.

那些爱发牢骚的人就认为他们在和一些通过虚拟报价赢得工作任务的人竞争。

If instead you just wing it, you」re far more likely to lowball yourself or say something that comes back to harm you in salary negotiations later.

如果相反你刚好準备了，很大程度上有可能说一些降低你自己的话，说一些最后在薪资谈判上伤害你的话。

But acceptance skyrocketed to 75 percent for those players who took 10 minutes to fill out a questionnaire after receiving the lowball offer.

但是如果让这些响应者在接到这个低分成提议后花10分钟填一份问卷调查，他们接受这个分成提议的比例迅速攀升到75%。

People are going to lowball the owner on price even if they do get a buyer.

即使车行知道车子能卖出去，但也会将价格报的很低。

America satisfied a minimum requirement of coming to Copenhagen with a defined pledge to cut emissions, but it was a lowball offer.

美国满足了带着削减排放保证参加哥本哈根峰会的最低要求，但是带来的是个虚报低价。

Make a lowball offer and, again, you'll leave plenty of room for appreciation.

再等一个超低价，那么，甚至潜力就会很大。