| 单词 | flatten |
| 释义 | flatten flatten // verb [+ obj or no obj]
1 if a price or number flattens or sb/sth flattens it, it stops increasing or continues to increase at a slower rate: Sales of its portable computers have flattened. There has been a flattening trend in industrial production. They deliberately flattened profits in order to pay less tax.
2 (HR ) if sb/sth flattens an organization or it flattens, the number of levels between the top and the bottom are reduced: We flattened the organization by removing several layers of management. As a business flattens, it tends to become more productive.
PHRASAL VERBS
flatten out/off to stay at a steady level of development or progress after a period of sharp rises or falls: Oil prices are now flattening out. There are signs that the economy has hit bottom or flattened out. The graph shows that the rise in unemployment flattened off over the autumn. SYN LEVEL OFF/OUT |
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