scale down

1. PHRASAL VERB 缩小;缩减;减弱
   If you scale down something, you make it smaller in size, amount, or extent than it used to be.
   1. One factory has had to scale down its workforce from six hundred to only six...
      一家工厂不得不将员工人数从 600 名裁减至仅剩 6 名。
   2. The air rescue operation has now been scaled down...
      空中救援行动的规模现在已经有所缩小。
   3. The Romanian government yesterday unveiled a new, scaled-down security force.
      罗马尼亚政府昨天对外公布了精简编制后新组建的安全部队的情况。

1. One factory has had to scale down its workforce from six hundred to only six
   一家工厂不得不将员工人数从600名裁减至仅剩6名。
2. The air rescue operation has now been scaled down
   空中救援行动的规模现在已经有所缩小。
3. This core has been kept small, allowing Geronimo to scale down to the smallest devices.
   这个核心已经保持得很小，这使得Geronimo可以压缩到最小的设备中。
4. Organizations developing simpler applications or that are willing to assume increased risk may scale down some aspects of this ideal environment.
   开发简单一些的应用程序或愿意假定风险是逐步增加的组织可以按比例地缩小这个理想的环境的某些方面。
5. Is there a way to scale down the story and still deliver something of value to the customer in the current release?
   是否能够通过某种方法缩小用户描述，同时仍然能够在当前发行版中为用户交付一些价值？
6. In some cases, these organizations can scale down while providing access to the same data.
   有些情况下，这些组织在访问相同数据时可以缩小规模。
7. Linux is enjoying a well-deserved surge in popularity for mobile and embedded applications, owing to its ability to scale down to the small footprint needed to run efficiently in compact devices.
   在移动和嵌入式应用程序方面，Linux受到当之无愧的欢迎，这是因为它能够根据小型设备有效运行所需的资源开销按比例进行缩减。
8. The DB2 pureScale feature addresses capacity and availability issues by providing an easier way to scale up or to scale down while making sure that the entire database is always available.
   通过提供一个更简单的方法来向上和向下缩放，同时确保整个数据库随时可用，DB2pureScale特性解决了容量和可用性问题。
9. The GAC predicted China's trade surplus might continue to scale down and keep a trade balance in the rest of the year.
   GAC预计中国的贸易顺差可能会继续减小，在今年剩下的时间里保持平衡。
10. In order to make the micro mote as unobtrusive as possible, the scientists had to find a way to scale down the computer's battery size.
    为了让它尽量不引人注目，科学家们必须想方法减少电脑电池的大小。
11. This model can scale down to10 – 100 employee value-added reseller ( VAR) type of companies.
    这个模型所适用的规模也可以是拥有10–100雇员的增值二手商（VAR）公司。
12. The President'proposal to scale down the government'social.'s's welfare spending has caused a great deal of controversy.
    总统关于消减政府社会福利支出的提议已经在公众中引起了很大的争议。争议。
13. Russia needs to scale down its geopolitical ambition to its real weight – that of an emerging economy with only 3 per cent of the world's gross domestic product and a quarter of America's living standard.
    俄罗斯需要减少其地缘政治野心，使其符合自身的实际份量&国内生产总值（GDP）仅占全球3%、生活水平只有美国的四分之一的新兴经济体。
14. Such switches should be able to scale down to nearly single-atom dimensions-which suggests just how far the future miniaturization of electronic circuitry might someday go.
    这种开关应该可以缩小到接近单原子的尺度&这表示未来电子电路的微型化可以走得很远。
15. We are going to scale down the number of trees being felled.
    我们要减少砍伐的树的数量。
16. As the dimensions of devices scale down, the variations in the electrical parameters of CMOS transistors steadily increase.
    随着器件尺寸微缩程度的提高，电路中集成的各个CMOS晶体管在电气参数方面的差别也会随之提升。
17. Standard aviation technology, such as fixed wings and rotorised propulsion, does not scale down effectively for micro-UAVs smaller than the Wasp.
    标准的航空技术，例如固定机翼和螺旋桨推进，并没有有效地将微型无人机变得比蜂鸟无人机更小。
18. Well, why don't we sit down and work out the numbers? We can always scale down the bonuses if we have to.
    好的，为什么不坐下来说算下奖金的数额，我们可以按比例来分配奖金如果我们有足够的资金的话。
19. Inside a Shenyang factory that once churned out tractors, workers scale down, pouring molten iron into molds to make cast-iron fences and gates.
    在沈阳一间过往生产牵引机的工厂内，工人把熔铁倒进模型，制作铸铁栏杆与大门。
20. At least part of the apparent growth in Chinese demand has been the result of a build up in inventories and the clampdown on lending has meant some Chinese commodities traders are struggling to finance their physical positions, meaning they may have to scale down stockpiles.
    此前中国需求增长显著，至少有一部分是增加库存所致，而遏制放贷已造成中国部分大宗商品交易商难以筹措资金维持实物仓位，这意味着他们可能不得不减少库存。
21. They believe that Iraq will soon scale down the target.
    他们认为伊拉克将很快下调目标。
22. One of the key tenets of the Cloud is Elasticity, which is the ability to scale out and scale down on demand.
    云的重要原则之一就是伸缩性，它可以按照客户需求提供资源。
23. To buy on a rising market is a most comfortable way of buying. Buy on a scale up. Sell on a scale down.
    最不让人担心的买进方法是在一个上升的市场里买进。买高卖低。
24. Similarly create another duplicate. Press Ctrl+ T. Scale down horizontally. Hide original layer.
    如上图再复制一个图层，将图像进行水平方向的挤压。隐藏原始图层。
25. After receiving bad news in the year-end financial report, we were forced to scale down next year's budget.
    在得知年终财务报告的坏消息后，我们被迫缩减下一年的预算。
26. If the level of infiltration or our casualties increase while we are trying to scale down the fighting, it will be the result of a conscious decision by the enemy.
    如果渗透的标准或我们的人员伤亡增加同时我们将会设法按规定的比例减小战争，这将是一个敌人有意识决定的结果。
27. Scale down JPEG images to max twice screen resolution when loading the image.
    依比例决定下来对最大的联合图象专家组格式图像两次审查决议当载入图像的时候。
28. The difficulties have led Chinese policymakers to scale down their short-term ambitions.
    这些困难导致中国政策制定者降低了短期抱负。
29. Our need is not to scale down debt, but to raise huge amounts of new capital.
    我们所需要的不是减少债务，而是筹措庞大数额的新资金。
30. I have to scale down expectations and other preferable conditions and terms. I have to lower my expectations.
    我不得不降低期望，不在待遇和福利上有太多要求。

verb

1. make smaller
   1. reduce an image

   Synonym:    reduce

2. reduce proportionally
   1. The model is scaled down