| 词汇 | cannibalize |
| 释义 | cannibalize verb[ T ] (UK usuallycannibalise)uk /ˈkæn.ɪ.bəl.aɪz/ us /ˈkæn.ə.bəl.aɪz/ to take parts from a machine or vehicle in order to make or repair another machine or vehicle: 拆用；拼修；拼配 He bought an old engine and cannibalized it for spare parts.他买了个旧发动机，将它拆开取零配件用。 Tearing and breaking into pieces apart asunder bobble bobbly break into pieces chip crack dismantle fall apart fall to piecesidiom fragment fragmentation fragmented rip snag splinter split sunder tear something apart tear something up cannibalize | Business Englishcannibalize verb[ T ] (UKalsocannibalise)uk /ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/us MARKETING, COMMERCE to cause a reduction in the sales of an existing product or service by starting to sell a new product or service: They hope to sell 5 million of their new game machines, but those sales will cannibalize the sales of their last product. PRODUCTION to take parts from a machine or vehicle to make or repair another machine or vehicle: Trucks have been cannibalized to keep others running. cannibalizationnoun[ U ](UK alsocannibalisation) All newspapers today suffer from cannibalization, whereby sales of physical copies are undermined by their own online versions. |
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