scale back
- 缩减;缩小;减弱
scale backThese words all mean to reduce the amount or size of sth, especially of an amount of money or a business.以上各词均含减少、缩小之义，尤指削减经费、缩减生意。
to reduce sth, especially an amount of money that is demanded, spent, earned, etc. or the size of a business指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费、开支、收入或生意规模）：
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？
[often passive] ( rather informal ) (often used in newspapers) to reduce sth by a large amount（常用于报章）指大幅度削减、大大降低：
The workforce has been slashed by half.
职工人数裁减了一半。
to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意）：
We had to cut back production.
我们只得减产。
( especially NAmE or business ) to reduce sth, especially an amount of money or business指削减、缩减、裁减（尤指经费或生意）：
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。
( BrE , business ) to make changes to a business or system, in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less money指对企业或制度进行合理化改革，使合理化、使有经济效益
( business ) to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of jobs in it, in order to reduce costs指公司或机构精简人员以降低成本。
to reduce the number, size or extent of sth指减少（数量）、缩小（规模或范围）：
We are scaling down our training programmes next year.
我们将在明年缩小培训计划。
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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。
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But Hong kong 's de facto carrier said it would not scale back its expansion plans and would continue to cut expenses to lower its cost structure .
但国泰航空表示，公司将不会缩小扩张计划，并将继续削减开支，降低成本结构。
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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。
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You may need to scale back on your variable expenses .
如果支出与收入不符你就需要对可变开支进行调整。
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We had to scale back our relief efforts this year .
今年我们的救助力度要减少点。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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The US wants China to pressure Pyongyang to scale back its rhetoric .
美国希望中国向平壤施压，使朝方停止威胁言论。
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The company had decided to sharply scale back the head counts .
公司已决定大幅裁员。
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Federal Reserve policymakers have said they may scale back their stimulus efforts .
美联储决策者此前表示，他们可能会缩减刺激措施。
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Once the traffic died down , the application would scale back & all without any manual intervention .
一旦流量降低，应用程序将收缩回去&无需任何人工干预。
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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。
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Officials say if not they will make do , and maybe scale back programs that help people in need .
但是，如果情况不好转的话，他们就可能被迫缩小或减少帮助有需求者的相关项目了。
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A sustained recovery would also help scale back the losses experienced by the Msref fund .
持续的经济复苏，也将有助于缩减摩根士丹利房地产基金的亏损规模。
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Even so , Mr Charney says he has no plans to scale back these benefits .
尽管这样，恰尼还是说他无意缩减这些福利待遇。
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You might have to move , scale back , live lean . Is it worth it to you ?
你可能会搬家，节衣缩食，深居简出，你认为那样值得吗？
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On May 26th the White House announced it had found several hundred rules it could eliminate or scale back .
5月26日时白宫宣布他们发现有几百条规定可以被废除或者削弱。
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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。
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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。
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For 2012 , PIA plans to scale back his equities trading and return to commodities .
2012年，皮亚计划缩减股票交易，回归大宗商品。
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' They get plenty of video entertainment all over , so why not scale back at home ? ' he says .
他说，他们到处都有一大堆的视频游戏，因此为什么不在家里减少一点儿呢？
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That 's how we can scale back the excessive defensive medicine reinforcing our current system of more treatment rather than better care .
只有这样，我们才能避免那些过度的，用于防御诉讼的治疗和用药，让我们的医疗系统真正实现更好的医疗服务，而不是更多的诊疗。
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Given its repeated failure to abide by its own promises , the sensible response was to scale back .
鉴于瑞银屡次未能遵守自己作出的承诺，合理的解决办法是缩减业务。
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By contrast leverage fell in every region , as lenders continued to scale back their exposure to the property market .
与之形成对照的是，所有地区的杠杆都出现了下降，原因是银行继续缩减对房地产市场的敞口。
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The crisis forced many groups to scale back their operations across the region , with inevitable redundancies in Hong Kong .
危机已经迫使许多集团收缩亚太地区业务，这不可避免地要造成裁员。
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Analysts expect European investment banks to report similar declines as clients scale back risk exposure in an uncertain macroeconomic climate .
分析师预计，随着客户在不确定的宏观经济环境下缩减风险敞口，欧洲投行的收入将有同等程度的下降。
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When the economy slows , companies run into difficulties , businesses scale back their workforce , and layoffs increase .
在经济低迷时期，公司遭遇到难关，企业缩减员工，加快了裁员。
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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。
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Just when a bigger effort is needed to protect vulnerable people , some governments may be forced to scale back existing programs .
正当需要加大保护弱势人群的力度之际，有些国家的政府却可能被迫削减现有的规划。