downsize

verb

1. （公司、企业等）裁员，精减
   to reduce the number of people who work in a company, business, etc. in order to reduce costs

1. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. ...today's downsized economy.
      当今规模变小的经济
   3. ...a consultant who's helped dozens of companies downsize.
      已协助数十家公司缩小规模的顾问

1. 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。
2. Even if you are extremely happy with your employer, it makes sense to have a current resume for that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, or worse, if your employer decides its time to downsize the workforce.
   即使你对现在的老板很满意，你也可以利用这个千载难逢的好机会来更新一下你的简历，以防万一你老板突然决定要裁员。
3. As an unprecedented number of businesses downsize, the demand for career coaches who can develop strategies for those seeking a "Plan B" is growing.
   由于目前的企业的数量出现了空前的锐减，故而对能够为拯救企业出谋划策的职业教练的需求正大量增加。
4. It might be your house, your car, your clothes – whatever it is, downsize where you can.
   它可以是你的房子，你的车，你的衣服-无论是什么，缩减你能缩减的地方。
5. Parents looking to downsize can sell and share the proceeds with the children.
   希望少纳税的父母可以卖掉房产，并与孩子们分享收益。
6. I was the one who recommended that they downsize.
   我是建议他们裁员的那个人。
7. 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。
8. Rent an extra bedroom to a friend, or downsize your home.
   可以把多余的卧室租给朋友，或者住个小房子。
9. I lost my job because the boss says we need to downsize.
   因为老板说要缩减成本，所以我丢了工作。
10. 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。
11. We adopted a strategy which was to buy other companies, get rid of the redundant parts, downsize and try to become very efficient than to have a critical mass.
    我们采取了一个策略，就是收购其他公司，去掉冗余的部门，缩小公司规模，提高效率，而不要做乌合之众。
12. However, in the1980s companies began to "downsize".
    然而，在本世纪80年代西方的公司开始“精简机构”。
13. Without enough money to buy more food, to pay the fine and his newly imposed retroactive taxes, the squirrel has to downsize and start building a new home.
    松鼠因为没有足够的钱买更多的食物，交罚款和新追征的税款，不得不精简设施，便开始建造新的房子。
14. If you are in work, you are probably being asked to do more as companies downsize, and you need more skills but you don't want to risk leaving your job.
    如果你留了下来，由于公司缩减规模，你可能会被要求做更多工作，因此需要更多技能但你又不愿冒险离职。
15. So now my editor wants to downsize me.
    这下，编辑要炒我鱿鱼了。
16. In order to set up and improve this system, we must downsize staffs and improve efficiency in our future highway management work.
    而要建立和完善这一新体系，对于未来路政管理工作而言，必须减员增效。
17. As you know, the company has to downsize.
    如你所知，公司必须裁员。
18. The decision by Starbucks to downsize its Australian business is a setback for the Seattle-based chain's international ambitions.
    星巴克是一家总部位于美国西雅图的咖啡连锁店。该公司缩减澳大利亚业务规模的决定，对其全球扩张的雄心是一次打击。
19. They have to downsize, says Mr Abed.
    他们必须厉行精简，阿比德先生说。
20. Whether you're already trim or trying to lose weight, one of the best things you can do for your waistline and your health is to downsize your dishware.
    如果你已经减掉或者打算去降低体重，你所能为你的腰围和健康做的最好的事情之一就是使用小号的餐具。
21. A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was theright thing for them.
    许多公司选择缩小规模，这对于它们或许是正确的。
22. Free-market reforms have moved governments everywhere to downsize, deregulate, and privatize.
    自由市场改革正促使各地政府缩小规模，解除管制，搞私有化。
23. The more interesting question is whether the Obama Administration's support for Paul Volcker's plan to downsize large complex financial institutions will have an adverse impact on New York.
    更有意思的问题是，奥巴马政府对保罗沃尔克（PaulVolcker）为大型金融机构集团瘦身计划的支持，是否将会对纽约产生不利影响。
24. As with most American brands, Cadillac was forced to downsize its offerings between the1973 and1979 fuel crises.
    同大多数的美国汽车品牌一样，凯迪拉克汽车被迫降低产量因为1973年和1979年的燃料危机。
25. Even well-run companies are being forced to downsize.
    甚至那些运营良好的公司也不得不缩减规模。
26. Not that this is a must, but if you had to radically downsize your life, how would you do this?
    这并不是必须，不过如果你不得不全面的降低你的生活质量你将怎么做？
27. Seems the only way out is to cut some programs and downsize our organization.
    看来唯一的出路是减少一些慈善项目和精简我们的机构。
28. It is with great regret that our department has to downsize to three people.
    非常遗憾的是，我们的部门要减员至三人。

verb

1. reduce in size or number
   1. the company downsized its research staff

2. make in a smaller size
   1. the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive

3. dismiss from work
   1. three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis