喜樂美語
  1. 1
    vB2

    /ˈdaʊnsaɪz/

    If a company or organization downsizes, it employs fewer people so it can spend less money.

    縮編；裁員

    過去式 downsized過去分詞 downsized-ing downsizing三單 downsizes

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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核心畫面

Picture a company deliberately making itself smaller — fewer desks, fewer people on the payroll — because the smaller shape costs less to run. Downsize is that planned shrinking, described from the company's side rather than from the side of the people who leave.

可以想成：一家公司刻意把自己變小——桌子少了、薪水名單短了——因為小一點比較養得起。downsize 講的就是這個有…更多收起可以想成：一家公司刻意把自己變小——桌子少了、薪水名單短了——因為小一點比較養得起。downsize 講的就是這個有計畫的縮小。值得注意的是它站的位置：這個字是從公司的角度描述規模的變化，離開的人在句子裡通常不出現，所以讀新聞時常要自己補上那一面。

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

downsizeverb/ˈdaʊnsaɪz/

  • 1

    To reduce in size or number.

    • Joe and Edna moved to a bungalow after deciding to downsize when the children had left home.
    • The company chose to downsize by laying off half of its workers.
  • 2

    To reduce the workforce of.

    • They downsized the division by offering attractive early-retirement packages and selling off an office building.
  • 3

    To terminate the employment of.

    • Joe got downsized and became a plumber.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。