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
- The cold weather has caused scores of factories and power plants to scale back production because of shortages of supplies of coal and other raw materials, although the likely impact on Chinese overall output is expected to be minimal.
由于煤炭和其它原材料供应紧张，寒冷的天气已经导致数十家工厂和电厂减产，不过，预计这对中国总体产出的影响可能是微乎其微。 - 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。 - The central government is unable radically to scale back without seriously undermining its authority among the lower ranks.
中央政府无法大幅降低工程规模，同时又不会严重削弱自己在下级政府中的权威。 - We had to scale back our relief efforts this year.
今年我们的救助力度要减少点。 - More than half of the wealthiest people in Britain are planning to leave or scale back their UK investments in response to the tax crackdown on "non-domiciled" foreigners, according to a survey.
调查显示，在英国最富裕人群中，有一半以上的人正打算搬离英国，或减少他们在英国的投资，以回应针对非定居外国人的税务打击。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The IMF and independent forecasters have been forced to scale back expectations of economic growth, revising their annual forecasts down in every region since 2010.
IMF和独立预测机构被迫下调经济增长预期，向下修正了所有地区2010年以来的年度增长预测数字。 - It will also reduce executive pay, scale back its investment plans and suspend its second-half dividend.
日产还将消减公司高官的薪酬，缩小投资计划规模，并暂停今年下半年的派息。