| 正面 | 10853.downsize 英 ['daʊnsaɪz]美 ['daʊnsaɪz] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| 背面 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 释义: 1. paste => pastel.2. literally "material reduced to a paste".3. paste (浆糊,粘贴) + l 象枝笔,糊状物做的笔vt. 以较小尺寸设计;缩小尺寸;裁减人数 例句: 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. downsize (v.)1986 in reference to companies shedding jobs; earlier (1975) in reference to U.S. automakers building smaller cars and trucks (supposedly a coinage at General Motors), from down (adv.) + size (v.). Related: Downsized; downsizing." |
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