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cannibalize 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈkanəbəˌlīz/,
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cannibalized, past participle; cannibalizes, 3rd person singular present; cannibalized, past tense; cannibalised, past participle; cannibalizing, present participle; cannibalises, 3rd person singular present; cannibalising, present participle; cannibalised, past tense;
  1. Use (a machine) as a source of spare parts for another, similar machine

  2. Use (the creative work of others) in one's own art
    • - high culture should cannibalize mass culture
  3. (of a company) Reduce (the sales of one of its products) by introducing a similar, competing product

  4. (of an animal) Eat (an animal of its own kind)
    • - female spiders cannibalize courting males
  1. eat human flesh
  2. use parts of something to repair something else
  3. While the expression "cannibalism" has origins in the act of humans eating other humans, it has extended into zoology to mean the act of any animal consuming members of its own type or kind, including the consumption of mates.
  4. (Cannibalizes) In marketing strategy, cannibalization refers to a reduction in sales volume, sales revenue, or market share of one product as a result of the introduction of a new product by the same producer.
  5. To consume another of one's own type or kind; To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines
  6. (Cannibalization) An action that generates sales in one respect by decreasing sales in another. Examples include the addition of new stores to a market, thereby drawing away customers from existing locations, or the launch of a line extension that attracts users of the flagship product. ...
  7. (Cannibalization) It refers to the loss of a restaurant’s market share in a particular catchment on account of a similar offer coming up in that catchment, either by another outlet of the same brand or by another brand altogether.
  8. (Cannibalization) Occasions when a new product will take market share away from an older brand, as in the addition of a diet soda product to a previously existing brand line of sodas. The new diet soda will compete with and perhaps eat away at the profits of the previously existing products. ...
  9. (Cannibalization) The breakdown of muscle tissue by the body for the purpose of obtaining amino acids for other metabolic purposes.
  10. (Cannibalization) The concept of a customer leaving a higher-rated market segment to jump over a fence and gobble up lower-priced products or services offered by the same provider to other lower-rated market segments.
  11. (Cannibalization) The process by which sales of one format of a book, often an e-book, are alleged to eat into sales of another format, such as paper or cloth.
  12. (Cannibalization) This is often referred to as either “Keyword Cannibalization” or “SEO Cannibalization”.  This occurs when certain pages of your website compete against one another for certain keywords.
  13. (Cannibalization) when a spinoff product of one brand erodes the established market of the "parent" brand (e.g., the introduction of Marlboro Lights would cannibalize the Marlboro regular brand market).
  14. (cannibalization) The process of removing serviceable parts from a functioning piece of equipment thus making it unusable for its intended purpose or function. Cannibalization requires pre-approval by either a Board of Review or the Property Management Officer.
  15. (cannibalization) a situation in which a franchiser allows two independent units to locate too near each other, causing loss of revenue.
  16. (JP 1-02, NATO)- To remove serviceable parts from one item of equipment in order to install them on another item of equipment. (Army) The authorized removal of parts or components from economically unrepairable or disposable items or assemblies and making them available for reuse. ...
  17. The action of removing good parts from one vehicle in order to put them into another vehicle.
  18. to scavenge for repairs; to extract parts from a recovered vehicle, engine, or machine for use in repairing a similar unit; sometimes called "parting-out" or "knacker"; compare PM; see DUMP, MOTHBALL, BONEYARD, HANGAR QUEEN. ...
  19. In a market that is not growing, competitors attempt to steal market share from each other as a means of increasing sales.