There is evidence that firms believe they are behaving rationally whenever they downsize; yet recent research has shown that the actual economic effects of downsizing are often negative for firms.

有证据表明，企业认为，无论何时裁员，他们的行为都是理性的；然而最近的研究表明，裁员对企业的实际经济影响往往是负面的。

In order to set up and improve this system, we must downsize staffs and improve efficiency.

为了建立和完善这一新体系，我们必须要减员增效。

They have to downsize, says Mr Abed .

他们必须厉行精简，阿比德先生说。

"But" How can companies downsize ethically?

裁员是否道德“而是”公司怎样做使得裁员更为人道？

Sales have decreased so much that they need to downsize.

销售业绩减少很多，所以他们必须缩小规模。

Rent an extra bedroom to a friend, or downsize your home.

可以把多余的卧室租给朋友，或者住个小房子。

He will downsize the executive board of the three divisions.

他将缩小三家公司的执行董事会。

But really, we're only reacting to you trying to downsize us.

但是事实上，我们只是对你们对我们的小觑做出反应。

We tend to "downsize" each time we move, and I always dread the process.

每次我们搬家都要减少一部分家用，而我就做怕这个。

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right.

许多公司选择缩小规模，这对于它们或许是正确的。

The company chose to downsize and more fully utilize the remaining workers.

公司决定缩小规模，并更加充分地用好余下的工人。

Seems the only way out is to cut some programs and downsize our organization.

看来唯一的出路是减少一些慈善项目和精简我们的机构。

It is with great regret that our department has to downsize to three people.

非常遗憾的是，我们的部门要减员至三人。

And as businesses decentralize and downsize, information systems follow suit.

并且随着企业的分散化和小规模化，信息系统也产生同样的变化。

As firms downsize, many employees are being forced to take on lots of extra work.

由于公司裁员，很多雇员都被迫做很多额外的工作。

It is said that the company is going to downsize staff, everyone is feeling anxious.

据说公司要裁员了，大家全都人心惶惶。

It might be your house, your car, your clothes - whatever it is, downsize where you can.

它可以是你的房子，你的车，你的衣服-无论是什么，缩减你能缩减的地方。

Downsize potatoes, pasta, rice and fatty and sugary foods, and super size fruit and vegetables.

减少土豆、意大利面、米跟多糖多脂的食物分量，多吃水果跟蔬菜。

If Banks have to plan for their own demise by making "living wills", they may downsize voluntarily.

如果银行一定要为他们的倒闭做出计划，他们可能就会主动缩小规模。

We were forced to downsize, but then saw the changing situation as an opportunity, rather than a threat.

我们公司被迫“瘦身”，但后来我们把当时的市场转变视为一个机会，而不把它视为威胁。

Tom sized up the situation, and decided to downsize his business, which turned out to be a wise decision.

汤姆审时度势，决定缩小企业规模，后来证明这是明智之举。

The current owners bought the house for 35,000 dollars in 1973 and are looking to downsize to a condominium.

这套房子的现房主于1973年花了3.5万美元买下这处住宅，如今房主希望将其缩小为一套公寓。

My last boss said the sharp drop in market demand reduced orders, they had to cut the cost through downsize.

我前老板说市场需求锐减造成订单减少，他们不得不通过裁员缩减成本。

The current owners bought the house for 35, 000 dollars in 1973 and are looking to downsize to a condominium.

这套房子的现房主于1973年花了3.5万美元买下这处住宅，如今房主希望将其缩小为一套公寓。

When we decided to downsize our home we took the opportunity to get rid of some “treasures” we no longer needed.

当我们决定搬进小点的房子时，就需要扔掉一些用不上的“宝贝”。

If, as most experts agree, downsizing is here to stay, perhaps the real question is not, "is it ethical to downsize?"

正如大多数专家所认同，如果裁员行动继续下去，或许真正的问题不在？