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downsize v.缩小规模；以较小尺寸设计或制造 (1) 销售业绩减少很多，所以他们必须缩小规模。(2) 公司决定缩小规模，并更加充分地用好余下的工人。(3) 我们的新取向反映了我们被迫缩编的事实。 You can downsize the items you own by giving them away, and you can downsize your living situation by moving from a huge house to a very small apartment. When a company downsizes, it almost always means it's reducing the number of employees, making the company smaller by laying them off. This last meaning has only been around since the 1980s.

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英 ['daʊnsaɪz] 美 ['daʊnsaɪz] (1) Sales have decreased so much that they need to downsize.(2) The company chose to downsize and more fully utilize the remaining workers.(3) Our new orientation reflects the fact that we've been forced to downsize. To downsize is to make something smaller. You might downsize your collection of vintage china by selling everything that's nicked or chipped. 1[VERB 动词]使精简；使缩小；使小型化 To downsize something such as a business or industry means to make it smaller.   [V n]  [V-ed]  [V]  [BUSINESS 商]American manufacturing organizations have been downsizing their factories.美国制造商们一直在缩小他们工厂的规模。...today's downsized economy.当今规模变小的经济...a consultant who's helped dozens of companies downsize.已协助数十家公司缩小规模的顾问downsizing...a trend toward downsizing in the personal computer market.个人电脑市场变小的趋势

英语单词	downsize
英美音标	英 ['daʊnsaɪz] 美 ['daʊnsaɪz]
中文释义	v.缩小规模；以较小尺寸设计或制造
英语例句	(1) Sales have decreased so much that they need to downsize. (2) The company chose to downsize and more fully utilize the remaining workers. (3) Our new orientation reflects the fact that we've been forced to downsize.
中文例句	(1) 销售业绩减少很多，所以他们必须缩小规模。 (2) 公司决定缩小规模，并更加充分地用好余下的工人。 (3) 我们的新取向反映了我们被迫缩编的事实。
vocabulary简明	To downsize is to make something smaller. You might downsize your collection of vintage china by selling everything that's nicked or chipped.
vocabulary扩展	You can downsize the items you own by giving them away, and you can downsize your living situation by moving from a huge house to a very small apartment. When a company downsizes, it almost always means it's reducing the number of employees, making the company smaller by laying them off. This last meaning has only been around since the 1980s.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]使精简；使缩小；使小型化 To downsize something such as a business or industry means to make it smaller. [V n] [V-ed] [V] [BUSINESS 商] American manufacturing organizations have been downsizing their factories. 美国制造商们一直在缩小他们工厂的规模。 ...today's downsized economy. 当今规模变小的经济 ...a consultant who's helped dozens of companies downsize. 已协助数十家公司缩小规模的顾问 downsizing ...a trend toward downsizing in the personal computer market. 个人电脑市场变小的趋势

Downsize Company Downsizing Make Smaller Means 英 Daʊnsaɪz] 美