Downsized是什么意思？

Downsized

• v. 以较小尺寸设计（或制造），缩小（汽车等的）外部尺寸( downsize的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句

• The car makers downsized the suvs when fuel became very expensive. 燃油越来越贵,汽车制造商压缩了SUV的产量.
• Downsized weapons would probably offer greater utility in less populated areas. 减量化的核子武器或许比较适用于可提高它在人口较少的地区.
• Morepeople are downsized, terminated or just plain fired all the time. 很多人都被裁掉了, 终止了合同关系或者就是简单地被开除了.
• ...today's downsized economy. 当今规模变小的经济

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使精简;使缩小;使小型化
  To downsize something such as a business or industry means to make it smaller.
  例句
  American manufacturing organizations have been downsizing their factories. 美国制造商们一直在缩小他们工厂的规模。 ...today's downsized economy. 当今规模变小的经济