downsizevt.
英 'daʊnsaɪz | 美 'daʊnsaɪz
中文vt. 以较小尺寸设计;缩小尺寸;裁减人数
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downsize (v.)1986 in reference to companies shedding jobs; earlier (1975) in reference to U.S. automakers building smaller cars and trucks (supposedly a coinage at General Motors), from down (adv.) + size (v.). Related: Downsized; downsizing.
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