Downsizing

释义 Definition

（公司等）缩减规模；裁员；（事物）缩小尺寸或数量。常指企业为降低成本、提高效率而减少员工或业务范围。（也可指把物品“换小号/缩小”）

发音 Pronunciation (IPA)

/ˈdaʊnˌsaɪzɪŋ/

例句 Examples

The company announced downsizing after a drop in sales.
公司在销售下滑后宣布进行裁员缩减。

After the merger, downsizing was unavoidable, and several departments were reorganized to cut costs.
合并之后，缩减规模不可避免，多个部门被重组以降低成本。

词源 Etymology

“downsizing”由 **down-**（向下、减少）+ size（规模、尺寸）构成，原意是“把尺寸变小”。20世纪后期在商业语境中广泛用于指企业“缩减规模、裁员”，带有管理与经济压力下的现实含义。

相关词 Related Words

• Layoffs
• Redundancy
• Restructuring
• Right-Sizing
• Cost-Cutting
• Streamlining
• Downsizing
• Outsourcing

文学作品 Literary Works

• The Bonfire of the Vanities — Tom Wolfe
• American Psycho — Bret Easton Ellis
• The Corrections — Jonathan Franzen