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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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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 English
cannibalize
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.
cannibalization
noun[ 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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