scale down

英 [skeɪl daʊn]

美 [skeɪl daʊn]

缩小; 缩减; 减弱

计算机化学

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 缩小;缩减;减弱
  If youscale downsomething, 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。

英英释义

verb

• make smaller
  1. reduce an image
  Synonym:reduce
• reduce proportionally
  1. The model is scaled down

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They believe that Iraq will soon scale down the target.
  他们认为伊拉克将很快下调目标。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。