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

• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We are going to scale down the number of trees being felled.
  我们要减少砍伐的树的数量。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。