| 词汇 | scale down/back |
| 释义 | phrasescale down/back1. 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 |
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