downsize
美 [?da?n?sa?z] 
英 ['da?nsa?z]
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現在分詞：downsizing 過去式：downsized 第三人稱單數：downsizes 反義詞
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英漢雙解
1. | [i][t] ~ (sth) （公司、企業等）裁員，精減to reduce the number of people who work in a company, business, etc. in order to reduce costs |
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例句
The collapse marks another difficult sales process for GM since it began to downsize its operations more than a year ago.
此宗交易失敗，標志著通用汽車自一年多前啟動瘦身進程以來又一次艱難的出售經歷。
About the time the millennium babies started school and started a new stage of their life, my husband and I decided to downsize.
就在這些千年寶寶入學并開始他們生活的新階段的時候，我和丈夫決定節儉。
Even through the boom years, organizations continued to restructure and downsize to become evermore effective and competitive.
即使在經濟繁榮的年月，企業也要繼續機構改革和精簡，以便保持效率和競爭力。
The disposal also is a reminder of how much work remains for Citigroup as it tries to downsize.
這次處置也提醒人們，花旗集團在縮減規模的過程中仍有多少工作要做。
Tom sized up the situation, and decided to downsize his business, which turned out to be a wise decision.
湯姆審時度勢，決定縮小企業規模，后來證明這是明智之舉。
Relationships with our operating partners were deteriorating. The next step was to downsize and re-focus the business.
我們采用的技術太不成熟，和運營伙伴的關系在惡化，下一步還要裁員、重新調整業務重心。
Beside the U. S. re-engaging, trade experts say another requirement for progress on Doha might be to downsize.
貿易專家表示，除了美國再次加入談判，多哈回合談判取得進展的另外一項要求可能會弱化。
It is said that the company is going to downsize staff, everyone is feeling anxious.
據說公司要裁員了，大家全都人心惶惶。
My last boss said the sharp drop in market demand reduced orders, they had to cut the cost through downsize.
我前老板說市場需求銳減造成訂單減少，他們不得不通過裁員縮減成本。
But really, we're only reacting to you trying to downsize us.
但是事實上，我們只是對你們對我們的小覷做出反應。
One of the company's top priorities is to downsize its staff.
這家公司的優先要務之一就是精簡員工。
Many have had to downsize, some have gone out of business and people who had been doing very well are now busy looking for work.
這一來原本干得相當出色的那些人如今卻在忙于找工。
Unfortunately, most companies that downsize do so without really knowing the impact on the company's operations.
但遺憾的是大多數削減規模的公司采用了裁員這種方法，但并不真正知道這種方法對公司運作所產生的影響。
The US bank is a leading employer across Asia and its decision to downsize will result in thousands of redundancies in the region.
這家美國銀行是亞洲地區的主要雇主，其決定將導致該地區數千人遭到裁減。
But if you do get divorced, be aware you are going to have to downsize your lifestyle from your days as Mrs. Tiger Woods.
但如果確實離婚了，你要注意自己的生活方式將不可與當伍茲夫人時同日而語。
It seems that the only way out is to cut some programs and downsize our organization.
看來唯一的出路是減少一些項目和精簡我們的機構。
Sounds like she's going to have to do, on a bigger scale, what a lot of Americans are doing right now: Downsize.
聽上去她將不得不向很多美國人眼下正在做的一樣：削減支出，只是規模要更大一些。
Not that this is a must, but if you had to radically downsize your life, how would you do this?
這并不是必須，不過如果你不得不全面的降低你的生活質量你將怎么做？
Seems the only way out is to cut some programs and downsize our organization.
看來唯一的出路是減少一些慈善項目和精簡我們的機構。
Downsize. In his book A New Earth, author Eckhart Tolle talks about our tendency to identify ourselves, and our self worth, by our things.
縮減規模作者埃克哈特托爾（在他的書一個新世界中）談論我們會通過一些事去有傾向的找出我們自己，和我們的自我價值。
The decision by Starbucks to downsize its Australian business is a setback for the Seattle-based chain's international ambitions.
星巴克是一家總部位于美國西雅圖的咖啡連鎖店。該公司縮減澳大利亞業務規模的決定，對其全球擴張的雄心是一次打擊。
And now that the economy is downsized, there's growing pressure to downsize the H-1B visa program as well.
因為經濟萎縮，H-1B簽證面臨日益增長的壓力不得不進行縮減。
People who downsize are also facing problems, he says, and coming up with the worst solution to abandon dangerous and vulnerable animals.
收入減少的人更是困難重重，以至毫無防備地讓那些危險而脆弱的動物放任自流。
Helsinki - Slovenia plans to downsize its armored vehicle procurement ambitions and renegotiate a contract with Patria.
[據防務新聞網站2010年7月21日報道]斯洛文尼亞計劃縮減其采購裝甲車輛的野心，準備重新與帕特里亞公司談判合同。
When we decided to downsize our home we took the opportunity to get rid of some "treasures" we no longer needed.
當我們決定搬進小點的房子時，就需要扔掉一些用不上的“寶貝”。
It will also downsize its subsidiary in Singapore and transfer part of the business to Taiwan.
尼康公司還將縮小新加坡的分公司，將部分業務轉移到臺灣。
Objective: To summarize and analyze signs and symptoms of ectopic appendicitis to downsize diagnostic errors.
目的：對異位闌尾炎的臨床癥狀和體征進行總結分析，以減少誤診。
I know a software which can downsize your picture in size. If you want it, please download it from microsoft. Com. It is a free software.
我知道在微軟的網站上有一個軟件，可以把照片縮小和放大。可以去下載
These colleges will be forced to either downsize and educate students more cost effectively or close their doors for good.
這些學院將被迫進行精簡，提高教育的性價比或者關門。
Dozens of prime examples of "marco-texture" stand empty, as Western companies downsize or withdraw.
當西方的公司瘦身或撤走后，數十幢“龐大結構”的絕好典范空蕩蕩的矗立著。
We tend to "downsize" each time we move, and I always dread the process.
每次我們搬家都要減少一部分家用，而我就做怕這個。
There isn't any political will to downsize banks and too much fear to threaten bankrupting them.
目前既不存在任何縮小銀行規模的政治意愿，也不存在太多威脅讓銀行破產的恐懼。
Downsize potatoes, pasta, rice and fatty and sugary foods, and super size fruit and vegetables.
減少土豆、意大利面、米跟多糖多脂的食物分量，多吃水果跟蔬菜。
Sales have decreased so much that they need to downsize.
銷售業績減少很多，所以他們必須縮小規模。
If automakers downsize cars so their fleets use less fuel, occupant safety will be compromised.
如果汽車制造商的汽車，以便縮小其船隊使用更少的燃料，乘員安全將受到損害。
Nor would their proposals force existing financial firms to downsize.
政府新推出的建議也不會迫使現有金融公司縮小規模。
CARS: Could you downsize your vehicle? Be a one-car household?
汽車：你能減小交通工具的體積嗎？
As with most American brands, Cadillac was forced to downsize its offerings between the 1973 and 1979 fuel crises.
同大多數的美國汽車品牌一樣，凱迪拉克汽車被迫降低產量因為1973年和1979年的燃料危機。
The corporation has to downsize its personnel in response to a poor economy.
這家公司因經濟不景氣而不得不裁員。
If I need to move for a job, downsize my house, or invite others into my home for a stay, I can do so fairly easily.
因工作地點變動需要搬遷，需要住小一點房子，需要邀請別人來我家小住，這些我都可以很容易地辦到。
