今天我們要學(xué)的詞是downsize。 Downsize, 減小規(guī)模,裁減員工。 "The couple downsized to an apartment after their children went to college," 孩子上大學(xué)后,夫婦兩人賣掉大房子,住進(jìn)公寓樓。
美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)不景氣,很多人都放棄了早上那一杯香濃美味的星巴克。星巴克決定關(guān)掉600家分店。 "Starbucks is downsizing to adjust to the slower economy," 星巴克減少分店,適應(yīng)放緩的美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)。 "Russia plans to downsize its army to one million by 2013," 俄羅斯計(jì)劃在2013年前將軍隊(duì)裁減到一百萬(wàn)人。好,今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是downsize...