学个词Learn a Word 第500期 Downsize

今天我们要学的词是downsize。 Downsize, 减小规模，裁减员工。 "The couple downsized to an apartment after their children went to college," 孩子上大学后，夫妇两人卖掉大房子，住进公寓楼。

美国经济不景气，很多人都放弃了早上那一杯香浓美味的星巴克。星巴克决定关掉600家分店。 "Starbucks is downsizing to adjust¹ to the slower economy," 星巴克减少分店，适应放缓的美国经济。 "Russia plans to downsize its army to one million by 2013," 俄罗斯计划在2013年前将军队裁减到一百万人。好，今天我们学习的词是downsize...

 

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vt.调整，使适应于，校准；vi.调整，适应于，校准

参考例句：

• Foreigners take some time to adjust to our way of life.外国人要花一些时间才能适应我们的生活方式。
• It is difficult to adjust one's habits to someone else.一个人很难使自己的习惯适于他人。