downsize

英['daʊnsaɪz] 美['daʊnsaɪz]
  • v. 缩小规模;以较小尺寸设计或制造
downsized downsized downsizing downsizes
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Verb:
  1. dismiss from work;

    "three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis"

  2. make in a smaller size;

    "the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive"

  3. reduce in size or number;

    "the company downsized its research staff"

1. Sales have decreased so much that they need to downsize.
销售业绩减少很多,所以他们必须缩小规模.

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2. He will downsize the executive board of the three divisions.
他将缩小三家公司的执行董事会.

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3. The company chose to downsize and more fully utilize the remaining workers.
公司决定缩小规模,并更加充分地用好余下的工人.

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4. And as businesses decentralize and downsize, information systems follow suit.
并且随着企业的分散化和小规模化, 信息系统也产生同样的变化.

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5. Free - market reforms have moved governments everywhere to downsize, deregulate, and privatize.
自由市场改革正促使各地政府缩小规模, 解除管制, 搞私有化.

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    用作动词 (v.)
    1. Sales have decreased so much that they need to downsize.
      销售业绩减少很多,所以他们必须缩小规模。
    2. The company chose to downsize and more fully utilize the remaining workers.
      公司决定缩小规模,并更加充分地用好余下的工人。
    3. Our new orientation reflects the fact that we've been forced to downsize.
      我们的新取向反映了我们被迫缩编的事实。

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