downsize多益
多益新增字・持續校對中，發現問題歡迎用頁尾回報
裁員；縮編·縮減規模
多益必考，商業新聞高頻用字
The company decided to downsize, and many employees lost their jobs.
公司決定縮編，導致許多員工失業。
一個畫面：縮減規模
規模縮小主動減少規模或換用較小的物品
組織瘦身公司裁員精簡人力
換小房子搬進坪數更小的家
義項
組織瘦身B2verb裁員；縮編
The factory had to downsize after losing its biggest client.
工廠失去最大客戶後，不得不裁員縮編。
downsize the companydownsize the workforce
換小房子B2verb縮減規模
After their children moved out, they decided to downsize to a smaller apartment.
孩子搬出去後，他們決定搬進更小的公寓。
downsize to a smaller apartmentdownsize to a smaller home
片語
downsize the workforce裁減人力 →縮減公司員工人數
downsize to a smaller home搬進小家 →搬到更小的房子居住
你會不會這樣說？
'The factory had to downsize after losing its biggest client.' 這裡的 downsize 最接近哪個意思？(A) 裁員縮編 (B) 搬到小房子
看答案
(A)
此句指工廠因故精簡人力，屬於組織裁員的意思。
downsize 一定是指公司裁員，對不對？
看答案
不對
downsize 也可指換住更小的房子等縮減規模的行為，不只裁員。
字族
downsizing 裁員；組織精簡（名詞）
順路看看
reduce — 縮減的普通說法，範圍更廣layoff — 名詞，指公司資遣員工shrink — 尺寸自然變小，用法更廣泛多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
組織縮編
Management plans to downsize the regional office by eliminating several positions to reduce operating costs.
管理階層計畫裁減幾個職位，縮編區域辦公室，以降低營運成本。
同事搬家
After transferring to the Taipei office, my colleague decided to downsize to a smaller, less expensive apartment nearby.
調到台北辦公室後，我的同事決定改住附近一間更小、費用更低的公寓。
詞族
downsize verb 縮編；改住較小的住所・downsizes verb, third-person singular present 縮編（第三人稱單數現在式）・downsized verb, past tense and past participle 縮編（過去式及過去分詞）・downsizing noun 縮編；裁減人力
四選一
The company may ____ its regional operations next year to reduce operating costs.
看答案
downsize
情態助動詞 may 後須接原形動詞 downsize。downsized 是過去式或過去分詞；downsizing 是 -ing 形式，在此不能直接接於 may 後；downsizes 是第三人稱單數現在式，也不符合結構。
同義改寫
Management plans to downsize the regional office by eliminating several positions to reduce operating costs. → Management plans to reduce the size of the regional office by eliminating several positions to reduce operating costs.
裁減職位的上下文限定為組織縮編；reduce the size of 保留此義，並非縮小辦公室的實體面積。
After transferring to the Taipei office, my colleague decided to downsize to a smaller, less expensive apartment nearby. → After transferring to the Taipei office, my colleague decided to move to a smaller, less expensive apartment nearby.
此處 downsize to 指改住較小、費用較低的住所；替換句保留搬家、大小、費用及地點資訊。