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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.
    1. 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
      1. The President has promised to cut taxes significantly.
        总统承诺大幅度减税。
      2. 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。
      3. His salary has been cut by ten per cent.
        他的薪金减少了百分之十。
      4. 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?
    2. (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
      1. The workforce has been slashed by half.
        职工人数裁减了一半。
    3. 指削减、缩减、裁减(尤指经费或生意):
      to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business
      1. We had to cut back production.
        我们只得减产。
    4. 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
      1. 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。
    5. 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
      1. 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
        1. 指减少(数量)、缩小(规模或范围):
          to reduce the number, size or extent of sth
          1. We are scaling down our training programmes next year.
            我们将在明年缩小培训计划。

        柯林斯词典

        • PHRASAL VERB 同 scale down
          Toscale backmeans the same as toscale down.
          1. 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。

        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。