downsize / ˈdaʊnˌsaɪz /

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downsize3 个定义

v. 有主动词 verb

down·sized, down·siz·ing.

  1. to design or manufacture a smaller version or type of: The automotive industry downsized its cars for improved fuel economy.
  2. to reduce in size or number; cut back: Many small businesses are forced to downsize their workforce during a slow economy.
  3. to dismiss; lay off or fire: After I was downsized from my marketing position, I took to substitute teaching to make a little money.
v. 无主动词 verb
  1. to become smaller in size or number: The military is downsizing— reducing overseas deployments—and as a result is spending less on supplies.
  2. to move into a smaller residence: Retirees are downsizing these days, giving up oversized and empty nests for apartments that are easier to care for.
adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. Also down·sized . being of a smaller size or version: a downsize car.

downsize 近义词

v. 动词 verb

to decrease in size, especially of a workforce

更多downsize例句

  1. Her family — two children, her parents, her sister, and two nieces — downsized to a two-bedroom apartment after she lost her wages working at a college cafeteria.
  2. “Legacy List” — “keep the memories, lose the stuff” — travels to the homes of people who are downsizing or moving.
  3. Many downsized or rescheduled, sometimes for months or a year later.
  4. Six years later, a new Smithsonian administration has jettisoned the eye-popping elements of the $2 billion design by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, opting instead for a dramatically downsized version.
  5. That money, it turns out, goes a long way when many other teams are downsizing.
  6. Downsize Fitness, a Chicago-based, overweight-only gym, is upsizing in a hurry.
  7. But Downsize Fitness, which requires members to be overweight, plans to make a profit by creating community.
  8. Downsize wants to grow by opening gyms under its own name and ownership, rather than selling franchises and licenses.
  9. Downsize has combined these three insights into a new business model.
  10. To join Downsize, members must have at least 50 pounds of weight to lose.