四级But not all schools show advances after downsizing, and it remains to be seen whether smaller schools will be a cure-all solution.

但并非所有学校在裁员后都取得了进步，规模较小的学校是否能解决所有问题还有待观察。

2012年6月阅读原文

高考This empowerment has been part of the trend towards downsizing: reducing the number of management layers in companies.

这种授权是精简趋势的一部分：减少公司管理层的数量。

2016年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文

六级There's rising work demand coupled with the insecurity of mergers, takeovers, downsizing and other factors, Moen said.

莫恩说，工作需求不断上升，加上合并、收购、裁员和其他因素的不安全感。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级"There's rising work demand coupled with the insecurity of mergers, takeovers, downsizing and other factors,"Moen said.

“工作需求不断上升，加上合并、收购、裁员和其他因素的不安全感，”Moen说。

2016年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级Although a strong pound and weak markets in Asia play a role in the downsizing, the layoffs in Stoke have their roots in earthshaking social shifts.

尽管英镑走强和亚洲市场疲软在裁员中起到了一定作用，但斯托克城的裁员源于翻天覆地的社会变化。

2003年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级”But not all schools show advances after downsizing, and it remains to be seen whether smaller schools will be a cure-all solution.

“但并不是所有的学校都在裁员后取得了进步，规模较小的学校是否能成为万金油的解决方案还有待观察。

2012年6月英语四级考试真题

四级Issues like downsizing (裁员) and overseas relocation had always seemed distant to me until my co-workers told me that the until I was working in would shut down within six months and move to Mexico, where people would work for 60 cents and hour.

裁员等问题(裁员) 海外搬迁对我来说一直很遥远，直到我的同事告诉我，我工作的工厂将在六个月内关闭，搬到墨西哥，那里的人将以每小时60美分的价格工作。

2012年12月大学英语四级真题试卷（1）

四级The lengthy process is partly because older workers are more likely to have been laid off from industries that are downsizing, like manufacturing.

这个漫长的过程部分是因为年龄较大的工人更有可能被制造业等正在裁员的行业解雇。

2014年12月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级Even that percentage is likely inflated by men thrust into their caretaker role by a downsizing.

即使是这一比例也可能因裁员而被男性推上看护岗位而被夸大。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

考研New ways of organizing the workplace -- all that re-engineering and downsizing -- are only one contribution to the overall productivity of an economy, which is driven by many other factors such as joint investment in equipment and machinery, new technology, and investment in education and training.

组织工作场所的新方式——所有这些重新设计和缩小规模——只是对经济整体生产力的一种贡献，而生产力是由许多其他因素驱动的，如设备和机械的联合投资、新技术以及教育和培训的投资。

1998年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研While in America the trend started as a reaction to the economic decline——after the mass redundancies caused by downsizing in the late’80s——and is still linked to the politics of thrift, in Britain, at least among the middle-class downshifters of my acquaintance, we have different reasons for seeking to simplify our lives.

虽然在美国，这一趋势始于对经济衰退的反应——在80年代末裁员导致的大规模裁员之后——并且仍然与节俭政治有关，但在英国，至少在我认识的中产阶级中，我们有不同的理由寻求简化我们的生活。

2001年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题