Hello. Neil here with you. And this is Feifei.
大家好。我是尼尔。这是菲菲。
Hello!
大家好！
The word we are going to focus on today is the verb ‘to downsize‘.
今天我们要关注的单词是动词“精简”。
That‘s the word companies use to describe cutting a number of jobs and making employees redundant. ‘Downsizing‘ is the noun.
这个单词用来形容公司缩减岗位、进行裁员。Downsizing是它的名词形式。
Yes. When they make workers redundant the companies become smaller in size. They downsize.
对。downsize就是通过裁员来缩减公司规模。
You might have heard or read this verb during the economic downturn of the last few years.
你可能在描述近几年经济衰退的材料中听到或看到过这个动词。
As most people were short of money, they decided to save the money they did have and it had an impact on businesses all over the world.
因为大多数人都缺钱，所以他们决定节省他们拥有的钱款，这种做法对全世界的商业产生了影响。
And some people have started applying the term to their own situations.
一些人开始将这个单词用在个人情境中。
If you‘ve had to sell your house and move to a smaller flat, for example, you might say you were ‘downsizing‘.
比如，如果你不得不卖掉你的房子然后搬去一个小公寓，你可能会说你在“减少成本”。
Let‘s hear some examples of how it‘s used.
我们来听些例句，看看这个单词如何应用。
The growth of online sales in the UK has forced many retail businesses to downsize.
英国在线销售的增长迫使零售商缩减规模。
Some of them have reduced their number of outlets in the high street.
一些零售商已经减少了商业街上的门店数量。
Now that I am going to university, my parents have decided to downsize.
我马上要上大学了，所以我父母决定缩减花费。
They are selling the house, moving to a flat and using some of the money to travel the world.
他们会把房子卖掉搬到公寓去，然后用一部分卖房钱去环游世界。
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Hello. Neil here with you. And this is Feifei.
大家好。我是尼尔。这是菲菲。
Hello!
大家好！
The word we are going to focus on today is the verb ‘to downsize‘.
今天我们要关注的单词是动词“精简”。
That‘s the word companies use to describe cutting a number of jobs and making employees redundant. ‘Downsizing‘ is the noun.
这个单词用来形容公司缩减岗位、进行裁员。Downsizing是它的名词形式。
Yes. When they make workers redundant the companies become smaller in size. They downsize.
对。downsize就是通过裁员来缩减公司规模。
You might have heard or read this verb during the economic downturn of the last few years.
你可能在描述近几年经济衰退的材料中听到或看到过这个动词。
As most people were short of money, they decided to save the money they did have and it had an impact on businesses all over the world.
因为大多数人都缺钱，所以他们决定节省他们拥有的钱款，这种做法对全世界的商业产生了影响。
And some people have started applying the term to their own situations.
一些人开始将这个单词用在个人情境中。
If you‘ve had to sell your house and move to a smaller flat, for example, you might say you were ‘downsizing‘.
比如，如果你不得不卖掉你的房子然后搬去一个小公寓，你可能会说你在“减少成本”。
Let‘s hear some examples of how it‘s used.
我们来听些例句，看看这个单词如何应用。
The growth of online sales in the UK has forced many retail businesses to downsize.
英国在线销售的增长迫使零售商缩减规模。
Some of them have reduced their number of outlets in the high street.
一些零售商已经减少了商业街上的门店数量。
Now that I am going to university, my parents have decided to downsize.
我马上要上大学了，所以我父母决定缩减花费。
They are selling the house, moving to a flat and using some of the money to travel the world.
他们会把房子卖掉搬到公寓去，然后用一部分卖房钱去环游世界。
明天继续，早上7:00，不见不散。