downsizing

v.

以较小尺寸设计（或制造），缩小（汽车等的）外部尺寸( downsize的现在分词 )；

1. Downsizing is one way to reduce costs.
   缩编是降低成本的途径之一。
2. The workers went on strike in response to the company's downsizing.
   工人们罢工抗议公司裁员。

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Industry backs 'downsizing' public research, but not joint projects
Strategies for successful organizational downsizing
Multifunctional carbon nanotube yarns by downsizing an ancient technology.
Changes in the Work Environment for Creativity during Downsizing
Surgical resection after downsizing of colorectal liver metastasis in the era of bevacizumab.
The Personal Discount Rate: Evidence from Military Downsizing Programs
Multifunctional carbon nanotube yarns by downsizing and ancient technology. Science 306:1358
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