弘扬国学 · 传承文化

cannibalize

英 ['kænɪb(ə)laɪz] 美 ['kænɪbəlaɪz]

解释

vt. 拆用…的配件；调拨…的人员
vi. 调拨人员；拆用配件；同类相食

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中文词源

cannibalize 拆用

来自cannibal的比喻义，即将一个机器的零部件拆做另一个机器使用好比人吃人。

英文词源

cannibalize (v.): 1798 (in Burke's memoirs), figurative, and meaning "be perverted into cannibalism," from cannibal + -ize. Meaning "take parts from one construction and use them in another" is from 1943, originally of military equipment. Related: Cannibalized; cannibalizing.

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例句和用法

1. Having bred too quickly, they began to cannibalize each other.: 由于增生太快, 购物商城开始互相残杀.

2. Can cannibalize Flame Turrets to gain a flamethrower weapon.: 能够拆除喷火塔以得到喷火武器.

3. It becomes necessary to cannibalize unsuccessful projects to fund those which can proceed ( Daily Report for Executives ): 当务之急是将不成功项目中的资金抽调出来以支持那些可行项目 ( 管理者每日报告 )

4. Clarified the error message when no corpses are available for the Cannibalize ability.: 标明了当食尸的时候没有尸体可以吃的错误讯息.

5. The proliferation of media choices , especially the Internet, threaten to cannibalize both readership and prestige.: 随着越来越多的媒体出现在人们面前, 尤其是随着因特网的发展, 报纸的读者群及影响面都有不同程度的下降.