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单词 cannibalizing
释义
cannibalizing
present participle ofcannibalize
cannibalize
verb[T]
(UKusuallycannibalise)
uk
/ˈkæn.ɪ.bəl.aɪz/us
/ˈkæn.ə.bəl.aɪz/
to takepartsfrom amachineorvehicleinorderto make orrepairanothermachineorvehicle:
Heboughtanoldengineand cannibalized it forspareparts.
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Tearing and breaking into pieces
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(Definition ofcannibalizingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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cannibalizing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Analysts said that the move amounted to acannibalizingof the economy and that it might lead to even more shortages in the future.
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That sounds good, but in the process, the society takes seed corn out of production and diverts it to food, therebycannibalizingitself.
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However, soon the food supplies ran out, and the army resorted tocannibalizingthe weaker people in the community for food.
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Females had lower success ratescannibalizinglarge males, which managed to escape where smaller males could not.
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Our culture is essentiallycannibalizingits young, destroying the very sources of the content they crave.
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They do so by flying away orcannibalizing.
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They survive by stealing from andcannibalizingtravelers.
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One day, the wild barbarians (said to be inveterate robbers and evencannibalizingtheir own sons occasionally) decided to rob the community.
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The pairing has paid off for both stations, ratings and audience wise, withoutcannibalizingeach other.
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This is to enable luxury brands to off-load last year's merchandise without undermining their brands orcannibalizingsales at their existing stores.
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Although the additional units increased market share in some markets, a number of franchisees complained that new units werecannibalizingsales from existing ones.
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This reproductive success was largely due to the increased energy uptake bycannibalizingmales and investing that additional energy in the development of larger, higher-quality egg cases.
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The remaining pilots continued operations with the few planes that were left,cannibalizingaircraft wreckage to keep a few planes airborne in the early months of 1942.
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