[] () 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；裁减后的工人➡ 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