downsize

英[ˈdaʊnsaɪz]美[ˈdaʊnsaɪz]

vt.以较小尺寸设计（或制造），缩小（汽车等的）外部尺寸；

第三人称单数：downsizes;

过去式：downsized;

过去分词：downsized;

现在分词：downsizing;

名词：downsizing;

例句

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.

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

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.

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.

英语六级真题

There's rising work demand coupled with the insecurity of mergers, takeovers, downsizing and other factors, Moen said.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

使精简;使缩小;使小型化

To downsize something such as a business or industry means to make it smaller.

例句

行业词典

计算机： 【动】小型化；向下适化；