downsized

英 [ˈdaʊnsaɪzd]

美 [ˈdaʊnsaɪzd]

v.  (公司、企业等)裁员，精减
downsize的过去分词和过去式

COCA.29359

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使精简;使缩小;使小型化
  Todownsizesomething 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

双语例句

• He downsized Neocha staff, moved its office to a smaller space, and switched to a less expensive Web-hosting service.
  他减少了“新茶”的工作人员，办公室也搬到了一个较小的地方，还换了一个较便宜的网站寄存服务商。
• This may happen if you quit one job or another, but it could also happen if you are downsized and find yourself without a job.
  这可能会是你主动放弃这个或那个工作，也可能是你被裁员而发现自己没了工作。
• More people are getting downsized, terminated or just plain fired all the time.
  很多人都被裁掉了，终止了合同关系或者就是简单地被开除了。
• Has he been downsized, too?
  他也被裁了？
• Smoothing choke coil can be downsized.
  平滑扼流圈线圈可以缩小。
• Blogs have flourished, and once giant news organizations have quickly downsized as competition intensifies for web audiences.
  博客遍地开花，而由于抢夺网络受众的竞争日益激烈，曾经的新闻巨头只好迅速裁减人员。
• I spent a couple of decades being the leading lady; now I have a character role. It hurts to be downsized.
  我花了几十年的时间才成为女主角，现在一下子又有个特定角色了，被压低的感觉很伤人。
• They have moved in with friends, downsized apartments, and asked their parents for assistance.
  他们和朋友一起住，换了小公寓，甚至向他们的父母寻求帮助。
• We sold the big house in the suburbs soon after and downsized to a cottage in the city, I got rid of a lot of things, but I brought the table with me.
  我们卖在郊区的大房子，并精简到后不久，在城市平房，我得到了很多东西赶走，但我带我的表。
• Mr Dudley warned that if institutions did not act, financial stability concerns would dictate that your firms need to be dramatically downsized and simplified so they can be managed effectively.
  杜德利曾警告说，如果各金融机构不采取措施，出于对金融稳定性的担忧，监管机构会要求你们的公司必须大幅缩减规模并精简机构，从而确保它们能得到有效管理。