In the late 1990s, a lot of the military bands were being downsized.

20世纪90年代末，许多军乐队都在裁员。

Who cares? It's time to downsize, minimize my carbon footprint.

谁在乎啊? 我是时候过过低碳生活了。

The OPM email warns government employees that there is more downsizing and restructuring to come.

OPM电子邮件警告政府雇员，未来将会有更多裁员和重组。

So, we really had to downsize!

所以我们必须要减小空间！

With fewer journalism students at universities and media companies downsizing or shuddering.

随着大学和媒体司新闻系学生减少，这些学校和企业缩减体量。

All right. So how much downsizing are we up for? Townhouse? Condo?

好吧，那我们要降级到什么程度？住排房？还是寓？

Potato crisps, for example, have continued to downsize amid shrinkflation, says Dworsky.

德沃斯基说，以薯片为例，在缩水式通胀情况下，薯片断缩小。

I'd hire a nanny, sell the house, downsize to a condo.

我会请个保姆，卖掉房子，租个小寓。

And if we get this, they might not have to downsize our branch.

如果能签下这笔订单，我们分部或许就用减员了。

And it's from the world of business that the word 'downsize' originated.

downsize这个单词正是从商业领域中产生。

'Given current sales, we're going to have to downsize by thirty percent.'

鉴于眼下销售量，我们将裁减3%员工。

The word we are going to focus on today is the verb to downsize.

今天我们要关注单词是动词精简。

For example, to deal with the recent revenue loss, the company resorted to downsizing.

例如，为了应对最近收入损失，该司采取了裁员措施。

It took years for banks to downsize in the wake of the global financial crisis.

在全球金融危机之后，银行花了数年时间才缩减规模。

This may mean bragging about their wins and trying to downsize each other's achievements.

这可能意味着吹嘘他们胜利、试图贬低对方成就。

It's led to people selling their houses downsizing and even moving in with other family.

这导致人们卖掉自己房子，缩减成本，甚至搬到其他家庭居住。

They downsize the Bears Ears monument area by 85 percent, and Grand Staircase-Escalante by half.

熊耳国家纪念地面积将缩减85%，大升梯－埃斯卡兰特将减少一半。

Later on in the game, she was also downsized and had a child. It was a horrible game for her.

在后来游戏中，她在“下岗”格停过，还添了一个孩子，用说，这个游戏对她来说简直糟透了。

Everyone is in crisis management at the moment, in downsizing mode, not in growth mode definitely.

目前每个人都处于危机管理, 精简模式, 而是绝对增长模式。

Businesses have downsized or shut down across America, leading fewer job opportunities for those in search of work.

美国各地企业已经裁员或者倒闭，这导致找工作人拥有更少就业机会。