| 词组 | scale back |
| 释义 | scale back 1. scale down/back sth • scale sth down/back if a government, company etc scales something down, they make it smaller or do less of it than they did before or than they originally planned: ▪ Conner Peripherals Inc said yesterday that it would be scaling down production and reducing staffing levels by 10%. ▪ Since the end of the Cold War NATO countries have been scaling back their armed forces. ▪ Several countries have scaled down their plans for expanding nuclear power. ▪ The whole industry is scaling back. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑reduce, ↑cut back ■ OPPOSITE: scale up scaled-down/scaled-back adj reduced or made smaller: ▪ The planning committee eventually agreed on a scaled-down version of the project. scaling-down n singular when something is scaled down: ▪ scaling down of the coal industry 2. scale down sth • scale sth down to reduce the size of something such as a drawing or a model of something: ▪ The design might not look so good when it is scaled down for reproduction in newspapers and magazines. ■ OPPOSITE: scale up scaled-down adj reduced to a smaller size: ▪ a scaled-down model of the statue |
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