[] to make changes to a business, an organization, etc. in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less money使合理化；进行合理化改革；使有经济效益◆If we rationalize production, will that mean redundancies?如果我们使生产合理化，是不是就意味着要裁员？◆The move is an attempt to rationalize an industry suffering from excess capacity.此举旨在对生产能力过剩的行业进行合理化改革。▸rationalization, rationalisation /ˌræʃnəlaɪˈzeɪʃn; NAmE-ləˈz-/
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[] ◆The bank's rationalization programme has still not brought the expected savings.这家银行的合理化改革方案仍然没有带来预期所节省的金钱。