scale back
英 [skeɪl bæk]
美 [skeɪl bæk]
缩小; 缩减; 减弱
牛津词典
- 以上各词均含减少、缩小之义，尤指削减经费、缩减生意。
These words all mean to reduce the amount or size of sth, especially of an amount of money or a business. - 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费、开支、收入或生意规模）：
to reduce sth, especially an amount of money that is demanded, spent, earned, etc. or the size of a business- The President has promised to cut taxes significantly.
总统承诺大幅度减税。 - Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want.
买主会竭力讨价还价以压低他们想买的房子的价格。 - His salary has been cut by ten per cent.
他的薪金减少了百分之十。 - Could you cut your essay from 5 000 to 3 000 words?
请把你的文章从5 000字删减至3 000字好吗？
- The President has promised to cut taxes significantly.
- （常用于报章）指大幅度削减、大大降低：
[often passive] ( rather informal ) (often used in newspapers) to reduce sth by a large amount- The workforce has been slashed by half.
职工人数裁减了一半。
- The workforce has been slashed by half.
- 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意）：
to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business- We had to cut back production.
我们只得减产。
- We had to cut back production.
- 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意）：
( especially NAmE or business ) to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business- The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.
国际货币基金组织已经调低对未来十年的增长预测。
- The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.
- 指对企业或制度进行合理化改革，使合理化、使有经济效益
( BrE , business ) to make changes to a business or system, in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less money - 指公司或机构精简人员以降低成本。
( business ) to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of jobs in it, in order to reduce costs - 指减少（数量）、缩小（规模或范围）：
to reduce the number, size or extent of sth- We are scaling down our training programmes next year.
我们将在明年缩小培训计划。
- We are scaling down our training programmes next year.
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 同 scale down
Toscale backmeans the same as toscale down.- Despite current price advantage, UK manufacturers are still having to scale back production.
尽管目前在价格上占据优势，英国生产商还是不得不减少产量。
- Despite current price advantage, UK manufacturers are still having to scale back production.
双语例句
- As a result, some turn to cheating rather than scale back other parts of their life.
因此，一些人开始选择欺骗而不是缩减生活中的其他环节。 - We had to scale back our relief efforts this year.
今年我们的救助力度要减少点。 - Once the traffic died down, the application would scale back& all without any manual intervention.
一旦流量降低，应用程序将收缩回去&无需任何人工干预。 - HSBC is to scale back its Asian operations with the potential sale or closure of seven retail businesses in countries from Pakistan to New Zealand.
汇丰（HSBC）即将缩减其亚洲业务规模，从巴基斯坦到新西兰等七个国家的零售业务可能被出售或者关闭。 - Despite current price advantage, UK manufacturers are still having to scale back production.
尽管目前在价格上占据优势，英国生产商还是不得不减少产量。 - For 2012, PIA plans to scale back his equities trading and return to commodities.
2012年，皮亚计划缩减股票交易，回归大宗商品。 - When the economy slows, companies run into difficulties, businesses scale back their workforce, and layoffs increase.
在经济低迷时期，公司遭遇到难关，企业缩减员工，加快了裁员。 - Israel fears the Arab state won't scale back off its nuclear ambitions unless consequences are feared.
以色列担心这个阿拉伯国家如果不收敛其核野心就将后患无穷。 - Not all of the licences have been acted upon, and the economic crisis prompted some operators to scale back, put on hold, or even abandon their network development plans.
不是所有执照行动了，并且经济危机提示有些操作员缩小，留在，甚至放弃他们的网络发展计划。 - That sluggish performance and concerns about China's slowdown have led traders to scale back bets on renminbi appreciation.
这种低迷的表现，加之对于中国经济放缓的担忧，已促使交易员们缩减对人民币升值的押注。