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单词 downsizing
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downsizingn.

Brit. /ˈdaʊnˌsʌɪzɪŋ/, /daʊnˈsʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪzɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: downsize v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < downsize v. + -ing suffix1.
Originally and chiefly U.S.
1. The practice of producing or buying smaller, more economical cars.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > moderation or reduction in expenditure > [noun] > action or process of
retrenchment1652
economizing1805
downsizing1975
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > designing or building with smaller dimensions
downsizing1975
1975 Automotive Industries 15 Oct. 10/2 Downsizing will not just be a matter of switching nameplates, for example, from Chevrolet to Cadillac.
1982 J. Mackay Guinness Bk. Stamps 22/2 Van-pooling and down-sizing helped to achieve a net saving of 10 per cent in fuel costs in 1980.
2013 J. K. Flory Amer. Cars 1973–80 14/1 In Chrysler's second attempt at downsizing, the 1981 K-Cars were the real winners.
2. The action of making something smaller; a reduction in size or scale.
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1979 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 20 Aug. a11/1 USEPA stipulations..require downsizing of the sewer lines as prepared by the project planner.
1991 Newsweek 17 June 48/2 Downsizing is the big new trend on supermarket shelves, where everything from rice cakes to waffles can be found in miniature.
1996 Indiana (Pa.) Gaz. 28 Mar. 9/1 We all know of one or two people who could use some downsizing of their egos, don't we?
2013 Electronics Weekly 4 Sept. 13 On the technology front, the most significant trends are the downsizing of components and a move towards the use of more surface-mount parts.
3. The action or an act of reducing the size of a company or organization in order to improve its financial performance, typically by cutting staff numbers.
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1987 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. 6 Dec. The new management calls this process ‘downsizing’, leading to conversations among employees..in which they ask one another if they have, as yet, been ‘downsized’.
1996 Times 29 July 42/1 What is new is that the downsizings have often been accompanied by the award of large bonuses to the job-killing chief executive officer.
2018 Wall St. Jrnl. 21 Apr. b12 Just three years ago investors cheered the company's radical downsizing of GE Capital and its plan to return $90 billion in cash by the end of 2018.
4. The practice of moving into smaller living accommodation, typically when one's children have grown up and left home.
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1990 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 17 June 13/3 As people get toward retirement, they tend to look toward downsizing.
2008 R. Nemzoff Don't bite your Tongue 68 44% of the baby boomers who moved wanted a smaller house... Sometimes during this downsizing, the ‘shrine’ of the adult child's youth is removed or modified.
2017 K. Kwan Rich People Probl. iii. ix. 273 Harry Leong..is always fantasizing about downsizing and moving in to an HDB flat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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