downsize
US /'daʊnsaɪz/
・UK /'daʊnsaɪz/
B2 中高級多益
v.t.及物動詞精簡
GM are laying off 5,000 workers in the UK because they will downsize
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職場必備溝通藝術：以同理心傳達壞消息（Deliver Hard News with Compassion）
- Let's say you're in a situation where you need to downsize your employee base by about 20%.
因為他們夠愛這些人，所以會去做真正該做的事。
- Let's say you're in a situation where you need to downsize your employee base by about 20%.
假設你現在處於一個需要縮減約 20% 的員工規模的情況。
我為什麼離開 YouTube - Grace Helbig (Why I Walked Away From YouTube - Grace Helbig)
- And I'm going to do it until I can't anymore." So when I started my own channel, I was like, "I'll downsize.
Daily Grace 做起來感覺毫不費力。
- So when I started my own channel, I was like, I'll downsize.
所以當我開始自己的頻道時，我心想，我要縮減規模。
隨時隨地學英文！ (Learn English ANYWHERE)
- The verb to downsize means to reduce in size.
動詞 “to downsize” 的意思是縮小尺寸或規模。
- So often if someone lives in a big house and then they want to move to a smaller house then they downsize. They get a smaller house.
比如，有人住在一棟大房子，然後想搬到小一點的房子，他們就是在 downsize，也就是搬到更小的房子。
AI 廢料正在毀滅網路！ (AI Slop Is Destroying The Internet)
- Or forced downsize or use AI themselves to be able to compete.
他們發現，AI喜歡使用的詞彙出現了急劇且明顯的增加。
- If AI eats the majority of the attention pie channels like ours will become unfeasible or forced to downsize or use AI themselves to be able to compete.
如果 AI 佔據了大部分的注意力，像我們這樣的頻道將難以維生，或是被迫縮小規模，甚至必須自己使用 AI 來競爭。
時代精神：續集 (2008) (Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008))
- When industry takes on machine, instead of shortening the workday, they downsize.
接著提出"條件"或"結構性調整政策"
- instead of shortening the work day, they downsize.
而不是縮短工時的時侯 它們會裁員
【商業英文】蹩腳的「企業術語」從何而來？ (Where Did Cringey Corporate Jargon Come From? | Otherwords)
- We're just doing some restructuring and need to downsize." When delivering information directly could cause conflict or low morale, corporate jargon can make a user's language less clear on purpose.
2000 年代，科技初創企業顛覆了現狀，為我們帶來了黑客和顛覆等語言。
- Or, "We're not firing everyone, we're just doing some restructuring and need to downsize."
或者說，我們不是要解僱所有人，我們只是在進行重組，需要縮減規模。
洛杉磯野火加劇！數十年來的住房危機雪上加霜 | 摘錄 (L.A.'s wildfires have only intensified the city's decades-long housing crisis | The Excerpt)
- I'm going to collect the insurance and get another house or a condo or downsize somewhere else.
我要去領保險金，然後再買一棟房子或公寓，或者縮小到其他地方。
- I'm going to collect the insurance and get another house or a condo or downsize somewhere else." What is the city going to do about that block that's like a comb where half of the lots are now empty or vacant?
正如我之前所說，市政府可以做的是重新設計一些社區，讓那些房屋被燒燬後想搬回這些社區的人可以搬回來，但不一定要搬回原來的確切位置，這樣市政府就可以根據具體情況，將足夠大的開發地塊集中起來，建造4個單元、10個單元或50個單元的公寓樓。
如何計算百分比【超簡單方法】！ (How to Calculate Percentages [The Simple Way])
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- Only half of your hotel is booked and you want to downsize by 40%.
您的酒店只預訂了一半，您想縮減 40%。
- and you want to downsize by 40%.
工作原理完全相同。
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- and we're going to make sure we're doing everything we can to cancel contracts that can be canceled, save money, downsize,
我們有可能去改變它，讓它更好地為美國納稅人服務。
- And we're going to make sure we're doing everything we can to cancel contracts that can be canceled, save money, downsize and make sure there's no misuse of your dollars.
我們將確保盡一切可能取消可以取消的合同，節省開支，縮小規模，並確保不會濫用你們的資金。
