cannibalize

verb
🔊/ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/
🔊/ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/
(British English also cannibalise)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cannibalize
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he / she / it cannibalizes
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past simple cannibalized
🔊/ˈkænɪbəlaɪzd/
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past participle cannibalized
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-ing form cannibalizing
🔊/ˈkænɪbəlaɪzɪŋ/
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  1. cannibalize something (business商业) (of a company公司) to reduce the sales of one of its products by introducing a similar new product(公司的新产品)竞食,冲击(另一种类似产品的销售)
    • We believe the two perfumes appeal to different buyers and won’t cannibalize one another’s sales.我们相信这两种香水吸引不同的人购买,不会自相竞争而降低各自的销售量。
  2. cannibalize something to take the parts of a machine, vehicle, etc. and use them to repair or build another拆用(旧零件修理或装配另一部机器或车)
    • The turbine building was partly stripped and cannibalized for other parts of the building. 涡轮机建筑物被部分剥去,并在建筑物的其他部分被蚕食。
    Topics Engineeringc2
  3. (of an animal动物) to eat an animal of its own kind(公司的新产品)竞食,冲击(另一种类似产品的销售)
    • Female spiders cannibalize courting males.雌蜘蛛吃掉求偶的雄蜘蛛。