cannibalizing

cannibalizing

美 [ˈkænɪb(ə)lˌaɪz] 　英 [ˈkænɪbəlaɪz]

• v.吃(人)；吃(同类)；拆取(旧机器等的)零配件
• 网络调拨

词形变化

现在分词：cannibalizing  过去式：cannibalized  第三人称单数：cannibalizes  

英汉解释

v.	1. 吃(人);吃(同类) 2. 用拆下的零件修配(另一机器等),拆取(旧机器等的)零配件 3. 调拨(某一单位等的)人员充实另一单位

英英解释

v.	1. to take parts from something, especially a machine, in order to use them elsewhere 2. to eat the flesh of another human being or of an animal of the same species 3. to take assetsmoney or property from one business in order to improve another one

例句

It's not clear how much the sales of lower-priced PCs are cannibalizing sales of higher-priced ones.

现在还不清楚到底有多少高端电脑的销售正在被低端产品蚕食。

Just as importantly, GM isn't simply cannibalizing sales from Chevrolet and Cadillac, two of its other remaining car brands.

同样很重要的一点是，通用汽车并没有简单地蚕食旗下的另外两大品牌——雪佛兰和凯迪拉克的销量。

For now, the degree to which tablets are cannibalizing PC sales is a matter of fierce debate.

目前为止，平板电脑挤占个人电脑销量的程度成为激烈争论的焦点。

Is it an incumbent that is cannibalizing its own [frame relay base] or is it a competitive provider offering lower-price access?

“是现任就是拆自己的[帧中继基地]，抑或是具有竞争力的供应商提供较低的价格获得”？

The introduction of a tablet poses a conundrum for Amazon on how to keep from cannibalizing sales of its popular Kindle.

推出平板电脑给亚马逊带来了一个难题，该公司必须确保此举不会侵蚀颇受欢迎的Kindle的销售。

And if so, when, at what price and how would [Oracle] avoid cannibalizing [its] low-end, half-rack Oracle database machine running on Sun?

如果是这样的话，价格改如何界定？甲骨文怎样避免同自身的低端数据库发生冲突？

And since the Ka and 500 are such different vehicles, there wouldn't be too much concern about cannibalizing sales.

而且因为家和500等不同的车辆，就不会有太多的关注调拨销售。

Military spending and debt servicing are cannibalizing the US economy, the real basis of its world power.

军费开支和偿还债务正在破坏美国的经济基础-作为世界强国的真正的基础。

Now we are finding evidence of star birth in many elliptical galaxies, fueled mostly by cannibalizing smaller galaxies.

现在我们这倒了很多椭圆星系的新星诞生的证据，它们的动力来自于吞食更小的星系。

Costly productions could wind up cannibalizing each other as they jostle for screens.

高昂的制作成本可能会导致这些电影在争夺大屏幕的时候自相残杀。

The 2 telecom giants are cannibalizing their land-line businesses -- with very different strategies -- to build more-profitable futures.

两个美国本土电讯巨头正各出法宝，颠覆他们的过去的通讯业务，使成为更加赚钱的买卖。

Apple executives have discussed the prospect of iPads cannibalizing PCs.

苹果执行官们讨论了iPad对个人电脑市场分食的预期。

Apple's iPad is likely cannibalizing notebook sales, says a Morgan Stanley analyst.

苹果平板电脑很可能正在分食笔记本销售，一位摩根斯坦利分析员称。

Its features are too similar to our mobile phone range. We are cannibalizing our share of the phone market.

因为它的特点跟我们手机太像。这样根本是搬石头砸自己的脚。