downsize

过去分词：

动词过去分词: downsized

更多词形：

动词过去式: downsized | 动词过去分词: downsized | 动词现在分词: downsizing | 动词第三人称单数: downsizes |

单词例句：

We're in the middle of a time when more than a few employers are having to downsize and plenty of people who would otherwise be assured of a job are getting the axe.

我们处在这样一个时期:许多雇主不得不裁员,使得很多人本应该得到工作却躺在了裁员这把斧子下面。

The choice will be to merge and become big enough to compete, or to downsize.

选择成为有竞争力的大型学校还是随时可能被被市场击倒的小院校。

But if you do get divorced, be aware you are going to have to downsize your lifestyle from your days as Mrs.

但如果确实离婚了，你要注意自己的生活方式将不可与当伍兹夫人时同日而语。

They are absolutely stuck, and they need to downsize and there is no one to take the pets," she said.

他们对自己的宠物绝对有着很深的感情，但他们需要缩减开支，没有人能够养起宠物。

There was an inclusive "safety network" when the government encouraged officials to leave public offices in 1980s in attempts to downsize public service.

20世纪80年代，为了缩减公共服务大小，政府鼓励官员们离开公职，并提供一个范围很广的安全网络。

If automakers downsize cars so their fleets use less fuel, occupant safety will be compromised.

如果汽车制造商的汽车，以便缩小其船队使用更少的燃料，乘员安全将受到损害。

As with most American brands, Cadillac was forced to downsize its offerings between the 1973 and 1979 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。

Many companies have been forced to downsize in hopes to reduce the impact of the global economic crisis.

许多公司已经被迫裁员，希望以此降低全球经济危机造成的影响。

They have to downsize," says Mr Abed.

他们必须厉行精简，”阿比德先生说。