词汇 | downsize |
释义 | downsize 1 ENTRIES FOUND: downsize (verb) downsize /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪz/ verb downsizes; downsized; downsizing downsize /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪz/ verb downsizes; downsized; downsizing Learner's definition of DOWNSIZE 1 : to make (something) smaller使变小;使缩小 [+ object] They have downsized the car's engine in the new model.他们把新款汽车的发动机缩小了。 [no object] We downsized to a smaller apartment last year. [=we moved to a smaller apartment]去年我们换了一套小公寓。 2 : to make a company smaller and more efficient by reducing the number of workers(公司)精减人员,裁撤冗员 [no object] The company is planning to downsize next year.公司计划明年裁员。 [+ object] The company will be downsized next year.公司明年将裁员。 The company has downsized [=reduced] its staff.公司进行了裁员。 She was downsized [=she was dismissed from her job] after 15 years with the company.她在公司任职15年后被解雇了。 — downsizing noun, plural downsizings [count] He lost his job in a recent downsizing at the company.在公司最近的一次裁员中,他失业了。 corporate downsizings企业瘦身 [noncount] problems caused by corporate downsizing企业裁员引发的问题 |
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