In the late 1990s, a lot of the military bands were being downsized.

20世纪90年代末，许多军乐队都在裁员。

Who cares? It's time to downsize, minimize my carbon footprint.

谁在乎啊? 是时候过过低碳生活了。

The OPM email warns government employees that there is more downsizing and restructuring to come.

OPM的电子邮件警告政府雇员，未来将会有更多的裁员和重组。

So, we really had to downsize!

所必须要减小空间！

With fewer journalism students at universities and media companies downsizing or shuddering.

随着大学和媒体司新闻系学生的减少，些学校和企业不得不缩减体量。

All right. So how much downsizing are we up for? Townhouse? Condo?

好吧，那要降级到什么程度？住排房？还是寓？

Potato crisps, for example, have continued to downsize amid shrinkflation, says Dworsky.

德沃斯基说，薯片为例，在缩水式通胀的情况，薯片的尺寸不断缩小。

I'd hire a nanny, sell the house, downsize to a condo.

会请个保姆，卖掉房子，租个小寓。

And if we get this, they might not have to downsize our branch.

如果能笔订单，分部或许就不用减员了。

And it's from the world of business that the word 'downsize' originated.

downsize个单词正是从商业领域中产生的。

'Given current sales, we're going to have to downsize by thirty percent.'

鉴于眼的销售量，将裁减3%的员工。

The word we are going to focus on today is the verb to downsize.

今天要关注的单词是动词精简。

For example, to deal with the recent revenue loss, the company resorted to downsizing.

例如，为了应对最近的收入损失，该司采取了裁员措施。

It took years for banks to downsize in the wake of the global financial crisis.

在全球金融危机之后，银行花了数年时间才缩减规模。

This may mean bragging about their wins and trying to downsize each other's achievements.

可能意味着吹嘘他的胜利、试图贬低对方的成就。

It's led to people selling their houses downsizing and even moving in with other family.

导致人卖掉自己的房子，缩减成本，甚至搬到其他家庭居住。

They downsize the Bears Ears monument area by 85 percent, and Grand Staircase-Escalante by half.

熊耳国家纪念地面积将缩减85%，大升梯－埃斯卡兰特将减少一半。

Later on in the game, she was also downsized and had a child. It was a horrible game for her.

在后来的游戏中，她在“岗”格停过，还添了一个孩子，不用说，个游戏对她来说简直糟透了。

Everyone is in crisis management at the moment, in downsizing mode, not in growth mode definitely.

目前每个人都处于危机管理, 精简模式, 而不是绝对的增长模式。

Businesses have downsized or shut down across America, leading fewer job opportunities for those in search of work.

美国各地的企业已经裁员或者倒闭，导致找工作的人拥有更少的就业机会。