downsize
verb- [intransitive, transitive] (
business 商業 to reduce the number of people who work in a company, business, etc. in order to reduce costs （公司、企業等）裁員，精減 - downsize something
The larger companies are all planning to downsize their US operations. 較大的公司都正計劃精減在美國的運營。 - downsize (from something) (to something)
The worsening situation forced the company to downsize from 39 employees to 7. 日益惡化的狀況迫使那家公司將員工人數從39個裁減到7個。
Synonyms cutcutTopics Businessc2- slash
- cut something back
- scale something back
- rationalize
- downsize
- cut to reduce something, especially an amount of money that is demanded, spent, earned, etc. or the size of a business:
The President has promised to cut taxes significantly. 總統承諾大幅度減稅。 Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want. 買主會竭力討價還價以壓低他們想買的房子的價格。 His salary has been cut by ten per cent. 他的薪金減少了百分之十。 Could you cut your essay from 5 000 to 3 000 words? 請把你的文章從 5 000 字删減到 3 000 字好嗎？
- slash [often passive] (rather informal) (often used in newspapers) to reduce something by a large amount:
The workforce has been slashed by half. 職工人數裁減了一半。
- cut something back/cut back on something to reduce something, especially an amount of money or business:
We had to cut back production. 我們只得減産了。
- scale something back (especially North American English or business) to reduce something, especially an amount of money or business:
The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade. 國際貨幣基金組織已經調低對未來十年的增長預測。
- rationalize (British English, business) to make changes to a business or system, in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less money.
- downsize (business
) to make a company or an organization smaller by reducing the number of jobs in it, in order to reduce costs. 指公司或機構精簡人員以降低成本
- to cut/slash/cut back on/scale back/rationalize spending/production
- to cut/slash/cut back on jobs
- to cut/slash/downsize the workforce
- to cut/slash/rationalize the cost of something
- to cut/slash prices/taxes/the budget
- to cut something/slash something/cut something back drastically
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDownsize is used with these nouns as the object:- workforce
- downsize something
- [intransitive] downsize (to something)
to move to a smaller home （公司、企業等）裁員，精減 The couple are downsizing to a more compact home. 這對夫婦正在縮小規模，搬到一個更緊湊的房子裏。