释义 |
adjective | verb downscaledownscale1 /ˈdaʊnskeɪl/ adjective not expensive, and usually not of good quality OPP upscale: a downscale motel adjective | verb downscaledownscale2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEdownscale |
Present | I, you, we, they | downscale | | he, she, it | downscales | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | downscaled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have downscaled | | he, she, it | has downscaled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had downscaled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will downscale | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have downscaled |
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Present | I | am downscaling | | he, she, it | is downscaling | | you, we, they | are downscaling | Past | I, he, she, it | was downscaling | | you, we, they | were downscaling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been downscaling | | he, she, it | has been downscaling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been downscaling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be downscaling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been downscaling |
to reduce something in size, or to make something less expensive: The military forces have been downscaled since the end of the Cold War. |