cannibalize
🇺🇸
/ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/
🇬🇧
/ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/
verb
R
When a company introduces a new product that is similar to an existing one, and this action causes the sales of the older product to decrease.
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买家，不会相互蚕食彼此的销售。
R
To use parts from one machine or vehicle to repair or build another.
The turbine building was partly stripped and cannibalized for other parts of the building.
涡轮机大楼部分被剥离并被用于大楼的其他部分。
R
When an animal eats another of its own species.
Female spiders cannibalize courting males.
雌蜘蛛会吃掉求偶的雄蜘蛛。
translation
蚕食自身产品, 拆用零件, 同类相食
词形变化
3rd Present
cannibalizes
Past
cannibalized
Perfect
cannibalized
Progressive
cannibalizing