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Paste Reference 10853.Downsize 英 Daʊnsaɪz]美 Daʊnsaɪz 释义 Vt

正面 10853.downsize
英 ['daʊnsaɪz]美 ['daʊnsaɪz]

背面
释义:
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.

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

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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