downsize
缩小规模,缩减规模,缩小尺寸,缩减
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down·sized, down·siz·ing.
- : to design or manufacture a smaller version or type of: The automotive industry downsized its cars for improved fuel economy.
- : to reduce in size or number; cut back: Many small businesses are forced to downsize their workforce during a slow economy.
- : to dismiss; lay off or fire: After I was downsized from my marketing position, I took to substitute teaching to make a little money.
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- : to become smaller in size or number: The military is downsizing— reducing overseas deployments—and as a result is spending less on supplies.
- : 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.
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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.
“Legacy List” — “keep the memories, lose the stuff” — travels to the homes of people who are downsizing or moving.
Many downsized or rescheduled, sometimes for months or a year later.
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.
That money, it turns out, goes a long way when many other teams are downsizing.
Downsize Fitness, a Chicago-based, overweight-only gym, is upsizing in a hurry.
But Downsize Fitness, which requires members to be overweight, plans to make a profit by creating community.
Downsize wants to grow by opening gyms under its own name and ownership, rather than selling franchises and licenses.
Downsize has combined these three insights into a new business model.
To join Downsize, members must have at least 50 pounds of weight to lose.