scale back
英 [skeɪl bæk]
美 [skeɪl bæk]
缩小; 缩减; 减弱
牛津词典
- 以上各词均含减少、缩小之义，尤指削减经费、缩减生意。
These words all mean to reduce the amount or size of sth, especially of an amount of money or a business. - 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费、开支、收入或生意规模）：
to reduce sth, especially an amount of money that is demanded, spent, earned, etc. or the size of a business- The President has promised to cut taxes significantly.
总统承诺大幅度减税。 - Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want.
买主会竭力讨价还价以压低他们想买的房子的价格。 - His salary has been cut by ten per cent.
他的薪金减少了百分之十。 - Could you cut your essay from 5 000 to 3 000 words?
请把你的文章从5 000字删减至3 000字好吗？
- The President has promised to cut taxes significantly.
- （常用于报章）指大幅度削减、大大降低：
[often passive] ( rather informal ) (often used in newspapers) to reduce sth by a large amount- The workforce has been slashed by half.
职工人数裁减了一半。
- The workforce has been slashed by half.
- 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意）：
to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business- We had to cut back production.
我们只得减产。
- We had to cut back production.
- 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意）：
( especially NAmE or business ) to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business- The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.
国际货币基金组织已经调低对未来十年的增长预测。
- The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.
- 指对企业或制度进行合理化改革，使合理化、使有经济效益
( BrE , business ) to make changes to a business or system, in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less money - 指公司或机构精简人员以降低成本。
( business ) to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of jobs in it, in order to reduce costs - 指减少（数量）、缩小（规模或范围）：
to reduce the number, size or extent of sth- We are scaling down our training programmes next year.
我们将在明年缩小培训计划。
- We are scaling down our training programmes next year.
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 同 scale down
Toscale backmeans the same as toscale down.- Despite current price advantage, UK manufacturers are still having to scale back production.
尽管目前在价格上占据优势，英国生产商还是不得不减少产量。
- Despite current price advantage, UK manufacturers are still having to scale back production.
双语例句
- Compute as a Service can be used to access virtualized servers to quickly expand compute capacity when needed and scale back when requirements change.
计算即服务（ComputeasaService）可以用于访问虚拟服务器，在需要的时候迅速扩展计算容量，并在需求变化时相应地缩小。 - For 2012, PIA plans to scale back his equities trading and return to commodities.
2012年，皮亚计划缩减股票交易，回归大宗商品。 - That's how we can scale back the excessive defensive medicine reinforcing our current system of more treatment rather than better care.
只有这样，我们才能避免那些过度的，用于防御诉讼的治疗和用药，让我们的医疗系统真正实现更好的医疗服务，而不是更多的诊疗。 - HSBC is to scale back its Asian operations with the potential sale or closure of seven retail businesses in countries from Pakistan to New Zealand.
汇丰（HSBC）即将缩减其亚洲业务规模，从巴基斯坦到新西兰等七个国家的零售业务可能被出售或者关闭。 - If something looks to be costing more than you budgeted for that project, you need to scale back or adjust another project.
如果你看起来是耗资超过预算，工程你需要调整或者缩减另一个项目。 - The central government is unable radically to scale back without seriously undermining its authority among the lower ranks.
中央政府无法大幅降低工程规模，同时又不会严重削弱自己在下级政府中的权威。 - More than half of the wealthiest people in Britain are planning to leave or scale back their UK investments in response to the tax crackdown on "non-domiciled" foreigners, according to a survey.
调查显示，在英国最富裕人群中，有一半以上的人正打算搬离英国，或减少他们在英国的投资，以回应针对非定居外国人的税务打击。 - It will also reduce executive pay, scale back its investment plans and suspend its second-half dividend.
日产还将消减公司高官的薪酬，缩小投资计划规模，并暂停今年下半年的派息。 - Several car factories have been forced to close or scale back activity.
数家汽车厂已被迫停产或减产。 - You may need to scale back on your variable expenses.
如果支出与收入不符你就需要对可变开支进行调整。