Definition of downsize in English:

downsize

verbˈdaʊnsʌɪzˈdaʊnˌsaɪz

[with object]

1North American Make (something) smaller.
〈主美〉将…改小；使变小
I downsized the rear wheel to 26 inches
我把后轮缩小到了26英寸。
Example sentencesExamples
- But one big vendor, GE Capital, is downsizing its wager by taking back some of the planes it has leased to both carriers.
- This approach will make it possible to reduce the overall consumption of missiles during firing, downsize the impact zone and give a chance to use more efficiently the zone's depth.
- I've downsized my office furniture, even though the desk makes me feel smaller.
- These days, most Internet start-ups are hoarding their cash and downsizing their dreams.
- ‘We downsized our house and trimmed our needs so we don't need the higher income at all, ‘she says.’
- Following rivals P&G and Colgate-Palmolive, which downsized some powder detergent brands last year, Unilever will scale down its Wisk and powder starting in July.
- And if that is true then why not admit that Botoxing a wrinkled brow or downsizing a large nose, while cosmetic, may be reasonable choices for some to make as well.
- Also unlike a hybrid, this system would bring back the bank of batteries used in EVs, but greatly downsize it to reduce cost and weight and increase usable packaging space.
- The moving specialists' first task is to help the seniors downsize their belongings so they can fit into, say, a retirement-center efficiency or a one-bedroom apartment.
- So taking equity out of the house when you retire and downsizing your lifestyle is a problem.
- In Louisiana, coastal land loss is literally downsizing the state's coast.
- An option being seriously considered by most vehicle manufacturers is downsizing the engine as that offers significant advantages with respect to fuel consumption and emissions.
- The cost savings associated with downsizing the chilled water plant capacity was amplified because the emergency generators were likewise reduced in capacity.
- I downsized it and cropped it slightly to create desktops for both macs (including a tibook size) and PCs here.
- It implies that flexibility is much more important than downsizing expectations.
- If you're downsizing the time you'll be together, you all better schedule a restructuring meeting.
- You also get some benefit from downsizing the engine and making it a little more efficient, but you lose towing capacity.
- Company car drivers are beginning to downsize their cars to reduce Benefit-in-Kind liability, according to Lex Vehicle Leasing.
- OEMs have the option of downsizing their current starter motors, or using a more frequent stop/start schedule with their current designs.
- Saw a preview for the Lone Gunman that made me wince, hard; perhaps I had better start downsizing my expectations there as well.
Synonyms
reduce, cut, cut down, decrease, lessen, retrench, trim, prune, slim down, scale down, salami-slice
reduce, cut back on, cut down on, decrease, lessen, retrench, diminish, trim, prune, slim down, ease up on
2Make (a company or organization) smaller by shedding staff.
（通过裁员）缩小（公司或机构）的规模，对…实行精简
a TV news producer told what happened after her network downsized the newsroom
Example sentencesExamples
- The high level of automation of missile preparation and launches helped rationalize alert duty missions and downsize alert crews.
- I got a degree in networking from NYU and worked at a French bank in mid-town until 2001 when they downsized their IT department.
- After being downsized from her last corporate job, she decided to become her own boss.
- As part of the restructure, Southcorp is downsizing its Hunter Valley operations, including the closure of a Rosemount bottling plant at Denman.
- After two days of staff meetings, the Government Reform Committee finished its preliminary blueprint for downsizing the Cabinet.
- This came about following a decision by the company to downsize the Carlow plant as one of its product lines was being moved to China.
- The draft of the Executive Yuan Organization Act would downsize the Cabinet from the current 35 administrative entities to 23, plus four independent institutions.
- We might have to trim and downsize our ministry.
- Most of them are downsizing the workforce, sending our jobs abroad, reducing work here to temporary and part-time status and holding wages down.
- However, the sales and marketing director was unequivocal in saying that there were no plans to downsize the Wiltshire operation.
- In March 2004, the company announced plans to refit 50 stores and downsize its Big W chain to increase profits.
- The three counties regiment is one of those under threat as a result of continuing defence cuts and plans to downsize the Army.
- It is also necessary to downsize the Central and State Governments.
- They were expressing their concern at the company's announcement that Dundalk Packaging is to close and Dundalk Brewery will be downsized.
- When Standard Chartered Nakathorn Bank wanted to downsize its 68-branch Bangkok network last year, it looked to the sky for clues about which offices to shutter.
- The following morning, ScottishPower announced a £60m restructuring to downsize the company after the sale of PacifiCorp, including the board reshuffle.
- The major point in the contract is that the employees who will be downsized three years before their retirement age will receive a 9-wage severance package.
- He was telling me how his employer was sending around a survey to find out what tasks people were spending time on at work, all for the purpose of efficiency and downsizing the workforce.
- But I guess it's not so different from a CEO downsizing the auditing department.
- Given the growing number of failing establishments that were downsizing their labor forces, the timing was not right to shove a wage increase (even if a small one) down the throat of business.
1. 2.1no object (of a company) shed staff.
  （公司）裁员，实行精减
  recession forced many companies to downsize
  经济衰退迫使许多公司裁员。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In reality, these factors rarely offset increased costs, which can force unprepared organizations to downsize or even fold.
  Many companies are downsizing, reducing layers of management, and automating routine jobs.
  However, as the political sphere is itself downsized and privatized, the state system is left with fewer tools, outside of increased repression, to handle disorder.
  Those who are no longer essential to the main program - the flawed programs - are downsized and discarded.
  He said that increasingly, smaller businesses are coming to dominate economies as big companies downsize and outsource, leading to opportunities and a myriad of small suppliers.
  Consequently, in the bid for competitive advantage, organizations have downsized, restructured, merged or acquired.
  And while we are at it don't forget the employees at Shaw's who were also laid off as that company downsizes until its Tullow Street headquarters have been rebuilt - or those at Celtic Linen.
  Companies are downsizing and closing, leaving workers vulnerable to poverty.
  ‘When all those companies were downsizing, we never missed a week of work,’ he adds.
  Companies downsized, diversified, and increased their exposure to export markets.
  And while many Western companies are downsizing at home, they are boosting hiring at their own labs in India, China, and Eastern Europe.
  If your company is downsizing, rather than succumbing to panic, redo your resume take a course, put out job feelers.
  Many Irish companies are downsizing, and the attraction and retention of the best and most efficient workers available has become a key issue for many employers.
  Employment at Shannon Free Zone reduced by 6% to 7,373 at the end of 2002 with many companies downsizing due to the global economic downturn.
  Companies downsize, relocate and collapse all the time.
  Libraries, too, have experienced fiscal challenges that have forced them to downsize and restructure their organizations.
  Does this mean that a research organization cannot downsize and still remain productive?
  ‘A lot of companies are downsizing and they're taking up a lot of our space at the moment,’ she said.
  With many big companies downsizing, it's a great time for small biz to grab prime office space at reduced prices
  With companies busy downsizing - oops, rightsizing is the politically correct word - dressing down has become the order of the day.

Rhymes

advise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, capsize, chastise, comprise, demise, despise, devise, excise, flies, guise, incise, low-rise, misprize, outsize, previse, prise, prize, remise, revise, rise, size, surmise, surprise, uprise, wise

Definition of downsize in US English:

downsize

verbˈdaʊnˌsaɪzˈdounˌsīz

[with object]North American

1Make (something) smaller.
〈主美〉将…改小；使变小
I downsized the rear wheel to 26 inches
我把后轮缩小到了26英寸。
Example sentencesExamples
- Company car drivers are beginning to downsize their cars to reduce Benefit-in-Kind liability, according to Lex Vehicle Leasing.
- The cost savings associated with downsizing the chilled water plant capacity was amplified because the emergency generators were likewise reduced in capacity.
- ‘We downsized our house and trimmed our needs so we don't need the higher income at all, ‘she says.’
- In Louisiana, coastal land loss is literally downsizing the state's coast.
- Also unlike a hybrid, this system would bring back the bank of batteries used in EVs, but greatly downsize it to reduce cost and weight and increase usable packaging space.
- OEMs have the option of downsizing their current starter motors, or using a more frequent stop/start schedule with their current designs.
- Following rivals P&G and Colgate-Palmolive, which downsized some powder detergent brands last year, Unilever will scale down its Wisk and powder starting in July.
- The moving specialists' first task is to help the seniors downsize their belongings so they can fit into, say, a retirement-center efficiency or a one-bedroom apartment.
- And if that is true then why not admit that Botoxing a wrinkled brow or downsizing a large nose, while cosmetic, may be reasonable choices for some to make as well.
- These days, most Internet start-ups are hoarding their cash and downsizing their dreams.
- If you're downsizing the time you'll be together, you all better schedule a restructuring meeting.
- I downsized it and cropped it slightly to create desktops for both macs (including a tibook size) and PCs here.
- You also get some benefit from downsizing the engine and making it a little more efficient, but you lose towing capacity.
- So taking equity out of the house when you retire and downsizing your lifestyle is a problem.
- An option being seriously considered by most vehicle manufacturers is downsizing the engine as that offers significant advantages with respect to fuel consumption and emissions.
- Saw a preview for the Lone Gunman that made me wince, hard; perhaps I had better start downsizing my expectations there as well.
- But one big vendor, GE Capital, is downsizing its wager by taking back some of the planes it has leased to both carriers.
- This approach will make it possible to reduce the overall consumption of missiles during firing, downsize the impact zone and give a chance to use more efficiently the zone's depth.
- I've downsized my office furniture, even though the desk makes me feel smaller.
- It implies that flexibility is much more important than downsizing expectations.
Synonyms
reduce, cut, cut down, decrease, lessen, retrench, trim, prune, slim down, scale down, salami-slice
reduce, cut back on, cut down on, decrease, lessen, retrench, diminish, trim, prune, slim down, ease up on
1. 1.1 Make (a company or organization) smaller by eliminating staff positions.
  （通过裁员）缩小（公司或机构）的规模，对…实行精简
  Example sentencesExamples
  However, the sales and marketing director was unequivocal in saying that there were no plans to downsize the Wiltshire operation.
  The high level of automation of missile preparation and launches helped rationalize alert duty missions and downsize alert crews.
  The three counties regiment is one of those under threat as a result of continuing defence cuts and plans to downsize the Army.
  I got a degree in networking from NYU and worked at a French bank in mid-town until 2001 when they downsized their IT department.
  They were expressing their concern at the company's announcement that Dundalk Packaging is to close and Dundalk Brewery will be downsized.
  After two days of staff meetings, the Government Reform Committee finished its preliminary blueprint for downsizing the Cabinet.
  But I guess it's not so different from a CEO downsizing the auditing department.
  As part of the restructure, Southcorp is downsizing its Hunter Valley operations, including the closure of a Rosemount bottling plant at Denman.
  The following morning, ScottishPower announced a £60m restructuring to downsize the company after the sale of PacifiCorp, including the board reshuffle.
  The major point in the contract is that the employees who will be downsized three years before their retirement age will receive a 9-wage severance package.
  He was telling me how his employer was sending around a survey to find out what tasks people were spending time on at work, all for the purpose of efficiency and downsizing the workforce.
  After being downsized from her last corporate job, she decided to become her own boss.
  In March 2004, the company announced plans to refit 50 stores and downsize its Big W chain to increase profits.
  Most of them are downsizing the workforce, sending our jobs abroad, reducing work here to temporary and part-time status and holding wages down.
  When Standard Chartered Nakathorn Bank wanted to downsize its 68-branch Bangkok network last year, it looked to the sky for clues about which offices to shutter.
  This came about following a decision by the company to downsize the Carlow plant as one of its product lines was being moved to China.
  The draft of the Executive Yuan Organization Act would downsize the Cabinet from the current 35 administrative entities to 23, plus four independent institutions.
  We might have to trim and downsize our ministry.
  Given the growing number of failing establishments that were downsizing their labor forces, the timing was not right to shove a wage increase (even if a small one) down the throat of business.
  It is also necessary to downsize the Central and State Governments.
2. 1.2no object (of a company) eliminate staff positions.
  recession forced many companies to downsize
  经济衰退迫使许多公司裁员。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Does this mean that a research organization cannot downsize and still remain productive?
  Many Irish companies are downsizing, and the attraction and retention of the best and most efficient workers available has become a key issue for many employers.
  With companies busy downsizing - oops, rightsizing is the politically correct word - dressing down has become the order of the day.
  ‘When all those companies were downsizing, we never missed a week of work,’ he adds.
  Employment at Shannon Free Zone reduced by 6% to 7,373 at the end of 2002 with many companies downsizing due to the global economic downturn.
  ‘A lot of companies are downsizing and they're taking up a lot of our space at the moment,’ she said.
  Companies are downsizing and closing, leaving workers vulnerable to poverty.
  He said that increasingly, smaller businesses are coming to dominate economies as big companies downsize and outsource, leading to opportunities and a myriad of small suppliers.
  If your company is downsizing, rather than succumbing to panic, redo your resume take a course, put out job feelers.
  And while many Western companies are downsizing at home, they are boosting hiring at their own labs in India, China, and Eastern Europe.
  Companies downsized, diversified, and increased their exposure to export markets.
  Many companies are downsizing, reducing layers of management, and automating routine jobs.
  However, as the political sphere is itself downsized and privatized, the state system is left with fewer tools, outside of increased repression, to handle disorder.
  Companies downsize, relocate and collapse all the time.
  Those who are no longer essential to the main program - the flawed programs - are downsized and discarded.
  With many big companies downsizing, it's a great time for small biz to grab prime office space at reduced prices
  Libraries, too, have experienced fiscal challenges that have forced them to downsize and restructure their organizations.
  Consequently, in the bid for competitive advantage, organizations have downsized, restructured, merged or acquired.
  In reality, these factors rarely offset increased costs, which can force unprepared organizations to downsize or even fold.
  And while we are at it don't forget the employees at Shaw's who were also laid off as that company downsizes until its Tullow Street headquarters have been rebuilt - or those at Celtic Linen.

单词	downsize
释义	Definition of downsize in English: downsize verbˈdaʊnsʌɪzˈdaʊnˌsaɪz [with object] 1North American Make (something) smaller. 〈主美〉将…改小；使变小 I downsized the rear wheel to 26 inches 我把后轮缩小到了26英寸。 Example sentencesExamples But one big vendor, GE Capital, is downsizing its wager by taking back some of the planes it has leased to both carriers. This approach will make it possible to reduce the overall consumption of missiles during firing, downsize the impact zone and give a chance to use more efficiently the zone's depth. I've downsized my office furniture, even though the desk makes me feel smaller. These days, most Internet start-ups are hoarding their cash and downsizing their dreams. ‘We downsized our house and trimmed our needs so we don't need the higher income at all, ‘she says.’ Following rivals P&G and Colgate-Palmolive, which downsized some powder detergent brands last year, Unilever will scale down its Wisk and powder starting in July. And if that is true then why not admit that Botoxing a wrinkled brow or downsizing a large nose, while cosmetic, may be reasonable choices for some to make as well. Also unlike a hybrid, this system would bring back the bank of batteries used in EVs, but greatly downsize it to reduce cost and weight and increase usable packaging space. The moving specialists' first task is to help the seniors downsize their belongings so they can fit into, say, a retirement-center efficiency or a one-bedroom apartment. So taking equity out of the house when you retire and downsizing your lifestyle is a problem. In Louisiana, coastal land loss is literally downsizing the state's coast. An option being seriously considered by most vehicle manufacturers is downsizing the engine as that offers significant advantages with respect to fuel consumption and emissions. The cost savings associated with downsizing the chilled water plant capacity was amplified because the emergency generators were likewise reduced in capacity. I downsized it and cropped it slightly to create desktops for both macs (including a tibook size) and PCs here. It implies that flexibility is much more important than downsizing expectations. If you're downsizing the time you'll be together, you all better schedule a restructuring meeting. You also get some benefit from downsizing the engine and making it a little more efficient, but you lose towing capacity. Company car drivers are beginning to downsize their cars to reduce Benefit-in-Kind liability, according to Lex Vehicle Leasing. OEMs have the option of downsizing their current starter motors, or using a more frequent stop/start schedule with their current designs. Saw a preview for the Lone Gunman that made me wince, hard; perhaps I had better start downsizing my expectations there as well. Synonyms reduce, cut, cut down, decrease, lessen, retrench, trim, prune, slim down, scale down, salami-slice reduce, cut back on, cut down on, decrease, lessen, retrench, diminish, trim, prune, slim down, ease up on 2Make (a company or organization) smaller by shedding staff. （通过裁员）缩小（公司或机构）的规模，对…实行精简 a TV news producer told what happened after her network downsized the newsroom Example sentencesExamples The high level of automation of missile preparation and launches helped rationalize alert duty missions and downsize alert crews. I got a degree in networking from NYU and worked at a French bank in mid-town until 2001 when they downsized their IT department. After being downsized from her last corporate job, she decided to become her own boss. As part of the restructure, Southcorp is downsizing its Hunter Valley operations, including the closure of a Rosemount bottling plant at Denman. After two days of staff meetings, the Government Reform Committee finished its preliminary blueprint for downsizing the Cabinet. This came about following a decision by the company to downsize the Carlow plant as one of its product lines was being moved to China. The draft of the Executive Yuan Organization Act would downsize the Cabinet from the current 35 administrative entities to 23, plus four independent institutions. We might have to trim and downsize our ministry. Most of them are downsizing the workforce, sending our jobs abroad, reducing work here to temporary and part-time status and holding wages down. However, the sales and marketing director was unequivocal in saying that there were no plans to downsize the Wiltshire operation. In March 2004, the company announced plans to refit 50 stores and downsize its Big W chain to increase profits. The three counties regiment is one of those under threat as a result of continuing defence cuts and plans to downsize the Army. It is also necessary to downsize the Central and State Governments. They were expressing their concern at the company's announcement that Dundalk Packaging is to close and Dundalk Brewery will be downsized. When Standard Chartered Nakathorn Bank wanted to downsize its 68-branch Bangkok network last year, it looked to the sky for clues about which offices to shutter. The following morning, ScottishPower announced a £60m restructuring to downsize the company after the sale of PacifiCorp, including the board reshuffle. The major point in the contract is that the employees who will be downsized three years before their retirement age will receive a 9-wage severance package. He was telling me how his employer was sending around a survey to find out what tasks people were spending time on at work, all for the purpose of efficiency and downsizing the workforce. But I guess it's not so different from a CEO downsizing the auditing department. Given the growing number of failing establishments that were downsizing their labor forces, the timing was not right to shove a wage increase (even if a small one) down the throat of business. 2.1no object (of a company) shed staff. （公司）裁员，实行精减 recession forced many companies to downsize 经济衰退迫使许多公司裁员。 Example sentencesExamples In reality, these factors rarely offset increased costs, which can force unprepared organizations to downsize or even fold. Many companies are downsizing, reducing layers of management, and automating routine jobs. However, as the political sphere is itself downsized and privatized, the state system is left with fewer tools, outside of increased repression, to handle disorder. Those who are no longer essential to the main program - the flawed programs - are downsized and discarded. He said that increasingly, smaller businesses are coming to dominate economies as big companies downsize and outsource, leading to opportunities and a myriad of small suppliers. Consequently, in the bid for competitive advantage, organizations have downsized, restructured, merged or acquired. And while we are at it don't forget the employees at Shaw's who were also laid off as that company downsizes until its Tullow Street headquarters have been rebuilt - or those at Celtic Linen. Companies are downsizing and closing, leaving workers vulnerable to poverty. ‘When all those companies were downsizing, we never missed a week of work,’ he adds. Companies downsized, diversified, and increased their exposure to export markets. And while many Western companies are downsizing at home, they are boosting hiring at their own labs in India, China, and Eastern Europe. If your company is downsizing, rather than succumbing to panic, redo your resume take a course, put out job feelers. Many Irish companies are downsizing, and the attraction and retention of the best and most efficient workers available has become a key issue for many employers. Employment at Shannon Free Zone reduced by 6% to 7,373 at the end of 2002 with many companies downsizing due to the global economic downturn. Companies downsize, relocate and collapse all the time. Libraries, too, have experienced fiscal challenges that have forced them to downsize and restructure their organizations. Does this mean that a research organization cannot downsize and still remain productive? ‘A lot of companies are downsizing and they're taking up a lot of our space at the moment,’ she said. With many big companies downsizing, it's a great time for small biz to grab prime office space at reduced prices With companies busy downsizing - oops, rightsizing is the politically correct word - dressing down has become the order of the day. Rhymes advise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, capsize, chastise, comprise, demise, despise, devise, excise, flies, guise, incise, low-rise, misprize, outsize, previse, prise, prize, remise, revise, rise, size, surmise, surprise, uprise, wise Definition of downsize in US English: downsize verbˈdaʊnˌsaɪzˈdounˌsīz [with object]North American 1Make (something) smaller. 〈主美〉将…改小；使变小 I downsized the rear wheel to 26 inches 我把后轮缩小到了26英寸。 Example sentencesExamples Company car drivers are beginning to downsize their cars to reduce Benefit-in-Kind liability, according to Lex Vehicle Leasing. The cost savings associated with downsizing the chilled water plant capacity was amplified because the emergency generators were likewise reduced in capacity. ‘We downsized our house and trimmed our needs so we don't need the higher income at all, ‘she says.’ In Louisiana, coastal land loss is literally downsizing the state's coast. Also unlike a hybrid, this system would bring back the bank of batteries used in EVs, but greatly downsize it to reduce cost and weight and increase usable packaging space. OEMs have the option of downsizing their current starter motors, or using a more frequent stop/start schedule with their current designs. Following rivals P&G and Colgate-Palmolive, which downsized some powder detergent brands last year, Unilever will scale down its Wisk and powder starting in July. The moving specialists' first task is to help the seniors downsize their belongings so they can fit into, say, a retirement-center efficiency or a one-bedroom apartment. And if that is true then why not admit that Botoxing a wrinkled brow or downsizing a large nose, while cosmetic, may be reasonable choices for some to make as well. These days, most Internet start-ups are hoarding their cash and downsizing their dreams. If you're downsizing the time you'll be together, you all better schedule a restructuring meeting. I downsized it and cropped it slightly to create desktops for both macs (including a tibook size) and PCs here. You also get some benefit from downsizing the engine and making it a little more efficient, but you lose towing capacity. So taking equity out of the house when you retire and downsizing your lifestyle is a problem. An option being seriously considered by most vehicle manufacturers is downsizing the engine as that offers significant advantages with respect to fuel consumption and emissions. Saw a preview for the Lone Gunman that made me wince, hard; perhaps I had better start downsizing my expectations there as well. But one big vendor, GE Capital, is downsizing its wager by taking back some of the planes it has leased to both carriers. This approach will make it possible to reduce the overall consumption of missiles during firing, downsize the impact zone and give a chance to use more efficiently the zone's depth. I've downsized my office furniture, even though the desk makes me feel smaller. It implies that flexibility is much more important than downsizing expectations. Synonyms reduce, cut, cut down, decrease, lessen, retrench, trim, prune, slim down, scale down, salami-slice reduce, cut back on, cut down on, decrease, lessen, retrench, diminish, trim, prune, slim down, ease up on 1.1 Make (a company or organization) smaller by eliminating staff positions. （通过裁员）缩小（公司或机构）的规模，对…实行精简 Example sentencesExamples However, the sales and marketing director was unequivocal in saying that there were no plans to downsize the Wiltshire operation. The high level of automation of missile preparation and launches helped rationalize alert duty missions and downsize alert crews. The three counties regiment is one of those under threat as a result of continuing defence cuts and plans to downsize the Army. I got a degree in networking from NYU and worked at a French bank in mid-town until 2001 when they downsized their IT department. They were expressing their concern at the company's announcement that Dundalk Packaging is to close and Dundalk Brewery will be downsized. After two days of staff meetings, the Government Reform Committee finished its preliminary blueprint for downsizing the Cabinet. But I guess it's not so different from a CEO downsizing the auditing department. As part of the restructure, Southcorp is downsizing its Hunter Valley operations, including the closure of a Rosemount bottling plant at Denman. The following morning, ScottishPower announced a £60m restructuring to downsize the company after the sale of PacifiCorp, including the board reshuffle. The major point in the contract is that the employees who will be downsized three years before their retirement age will receive a 9-wage severance package. He was telling me how his employer was sending around a survey to find out what tasks people were spending time on at work, all for the purpose of efficiency and downsizing the workforce. After being downsized from her last corporate job, she decided to become her own boss. In March 2004, the company announced plans to refit 50 stores and downsize its Big W chain to increase profits. Most of them are downsizing the workforce, sending our jobs abroad, reducing work here to temporary and part-time status and holding wages down. When Standard Chartered Nakathorn Bank wanted to downsize its 68-branch Bangkok network last year, it looked to the sky for clues about which offices to shutter. This came about following a decision by the company to downsize the Carlow plant as one of its product lines was being moved to China. The draft of the Executive Yuan Organization Act would downsize the Cabinet from the current 35 administrative entities to 23, plus four independent institutions. We might have to trim and downsize our ministry. Given the growing number of failing establishments that were downsizing their labor forces, the timing was not right to shove a wage increase (even if a small one) down the throat of business. It is also necessary to downsize the Central and State Governments. 1.2no object (of a company) eliminate staff positions. recession forced many companies to downsize 经济衰退迫使许多公司裁员。 Example sentencesExamples Does this mean that a research organization cannot downsize and still remain productive? Many Irish companies are downsizing, and the attraction and retention of the best and most efficient workers available has become a key issue for many employers. With companies busy downsizing - oops, rightsizing is the politically correct word - dressing down has become the order of the day. ‘When all those companies were downsizing, we never missed a week of work,’ he adds. Employment at Shannon Free Zone reduced by 6% to 7,373 at the end of 2002 with many companies downsizing due to the global economic downturn. ‘A lot of companies are downsizing and they're taking up a lot of our space at the moment,’ she said. Companies are downsizing and closing, leaving workers vulnerable to poverty. He said that increasingly, smaller businesses are coming to dominate economies as big companies downsize and outsource, leading to opportunities and a myriad of small suppliers. If your company is downsizing, rather than succumbing to panic, redo your resume take a course, put out job feelers. And while many Western companies are downsizing at home, they are boosting hiring at their own labs in India, China, and Eastern Europe. Companies downsized, diversified, and increased their exposure to export markets. Many companies are downsizing, reducing layers of management, and automating routine jobs. However, as the political sphere is itself downsized and privatized, the state system is left with fewer tools, outside of increased repression, to handle disorder. Companies downsize, relocate and collapse all the time. Those who are no longer essential to the main program - the flawed programs - are downsized and discarded. With many big companies downsizing, it's a great time for small biz to grab prime office space at reduced prices Libraries, too, have experienced fiscal challenges that have forced them to downsize and restructure their organizations. Consequently, in the bid for competitive advantage, organizations have downsized, restructured, merged or acquired. In reality, these factors rarely offset increased costs, which can force unprepared organizations to downsize or even fold. And while we are at it don't forget the employees at Shaw's who were also laid off as that company downsizes until its Tullow Street headquarters have been rebuilt - or those at Celtic Linen.
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