英语词组scale down是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Phr V

scale down

scales, scaling, scaled

scale down sth or scale sth down

British, American & Australian

scale back sth or scale sth back

American to make something {e.g. project, production, budget} smaller than it was or than it was planned to be

Since the end of the Cold War, most European countries have scaled down their armed forces.The sports center is scaling back children's programs because it is short of money.

scaled-down

adjective (always before noun)

a scaled-down model of the building

scaling-down

noun singular

There will be a scaling-down of production over the next 18 months.

scale down

1. To climb down something. How long do you think it will take us to scale down the mountain?

2. To reduce or decrease something in size or scope. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "scale" and "down." With this sudden decrease in funding, we will have to scale down the project to just five staff members! Can you scale this model down so that it will fit on the boardroom table?

scale something down

to reduce the size or cost of something. The bad economy forced us to scale the project down. Liz scaled down the project.

scale down

Reduce the size or cost of, as in The owners decided to scale down wages. This expression, along with the related scale up, which refers to an increase, alludes to scale in the sense of "a fixed standard." [Late 1800s]

scale down

1. To climb down something; descend something: The climber carefully scaled down the cliff.

2. To reduce the scope or extent of something according to a standard or by degrees; reduce something in calculated amounts: The lawyer advised them to scale down their demands. We decided our travel plans were unrealistic, so we scaled them down.

词组	scale down
释义	Phr V scale down scales, scaling, scaled scale down sth or scale sth down British, American & Australian scale back sth or scale sth back American to make something {e.g. project, production, budget} smaller than it was or than it was planned to be Since the end of the Cold War, most European countries have scaled down their armed forces.The sports center is scaling back children's programs because it is short of money. scaled-down adjective (always before noun) a scaled-down model of the building scaling-down noun singular There will be a scaling-down of production over the next 18 months. phrasescale down1. 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 upscaled-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 industry2. 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 upscaled-down adj reduced to a smaller size: a scaled-down model of the statue scale down 1. To climb down something. How long do you think it will take us to scale down the mountain? 2. To reduce or decrease something in size or scope. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "scale" and "down." With this sudden decrease in funding, we will have to scale down the project to just five staff members! Can you scale this model down so that it will fit on the boardroom table? scale something down to reduce the size or cost of something. The bad economy forced us to scale the project down. Liz scaled down the project. scale down Reduce the size or cost of, as in The owners decided to scale down wages. This expression, along with the related scale up, which refers to an increase, alludes to scale in the sense of "a fixed standard." [Late 1800s] scale down v. 1. To climb down something; descend something: The climber carefully scaled down the cliff. 2. To reduce the scope or extent of something according to a standard or by degrees; reduce something in calculated amounts: The lawyer advised them to scale down their demands. We decided our travel plans were unrealistic, so we scaled them down.
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