() to reduce the number of people who work in a company, business, etc. in order to reduce costs 裁员；精简◆Several of their smaller offices are being downsized. 他们的几个小办事处正减员。◆The company has downsized to eight employees. 这家公司已经将员工缩减为 8 人。◆downsized organizations/workers 精简过的机构；裁减後的工人➡ see note at dismiss
() to make sth smaller; to produce sth in a smaller size 以较小尺寸生产；缩小产品的尺寸◆downsized cars 体积缩小了的汽车
▸ˈdownsizing
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[, ]◆the downsizing of the manufacturing division 制造分部精简◆He lost his job in a corporate downsizing. 他在公司裁员时失业了。◆the downsizing of food portions 食品分配减少