释义 |
downsizedownsize /ˈdaʊnsaɪz/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEdownsize |
Present | I, you, we, they | downsize | | he, she, it | downsizes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | downsized | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have downsized | | he, she, it | has downsized | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had downsized | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will downsize | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have downsized |
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Present | I | am downsizing | | he, she, it | is downsizing | | you, we, they | are downsizing | Past | I, he, she, it | was downsizing | | you, we, they | were downsizing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been downsizing | | he, she, it | has been downsizing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been downsizing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be downsizing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been downsizing |
if a company or organization downsizes, or downsizes its operations, it reduces the number of people it employs in order to reduce costs → rightsize—downsizing noun [uncountable] |