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
  1. The President has promised to cut taxes significantly.
     总统承诺大幅度减税。
  2. 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。
  3. His salary has been cut by ten per cent.
     他的薪金减少了百分之十。
  4. 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？
• （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
  1. The workforce has been slashed by half.
     职工人数裁减了一半。
• 指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意）：
  to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business
  1. We had to cut back production.
     我们只得减产。
• 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
  1. 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。
• 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
  1. We are scaling down our training programmes next year.
     我们将在明年缩小培训计划。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 同 scale down
  Toscale backmeans the same as toscale down.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Carmakers in Japan and America have had to scale back production.
  日本和美国的汽车制造商已经不得不缩减生产量了。
• The Japanese have had some good reason to scale back spending.
  日本也有一些很好的理由来减少开支。
• 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。
• If something looks to be costing more than you budgeted for that project, you need to scale back or adjust another project.
  如果你看起来是耗资超过预算，工程你需要调整或者缩减另一个项目。
• Several car factories have been forced to close or scale back activity.
  数家汽车厂已被迫停产或减产。
• 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。
• Emily Rybinski, director of marketing for the Charleston Symphony, says she and her husband, who live in Johns Island, S.C., will scale back on spending as a result of the pay cut.
  查尔斯顿交响乐团的市场总监艾米利•罗宾斯基（EmilyRybinski）说，由于薪水减少，她和住在南卡罗来纳州约翰岛的丈夫将削减家庭开支。
• We had to scale back our relief efforts this year.
  今年我们的救助力度要减少点。
• Western powers will hope a new round of economic sanctions might force Iran to scale back its nuclear ambitions.
  西方大国会希望，新一轮的经济制裁或许可以迫使伊朗收敛核野心。
• 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。