downscale

Word family noundownerdownwardnessdownbeatdownbowdownfalldownflowdownforcedowngradedownhauldownlighterdownlinkdown paymentdownpipedownpourdownrightnessdownrushdownshifterdownshiftingdownsidedownsizerdownsizingdownspoutdownstrokedownswingdownthrowdowntimedowntrenddownturndownwashDowniedowninessdownlandadverbdownwarddownwardlydownmostdownrightdownriverdownstagedownadjectivedown-and-outdown-at-heeldowncastdownfallendownhearteddownhilldownholedown-homedownloadabledownlookeddownmarketdownstairdownstatedown-to-earthdowntowndownturneddownwinddowneddownyverbdownloaddownplaydownscaledownshiftdownsize

down·scale1 /ˈdaʊnskeɪl/ adjectiveadj American EnglishAmE

downscale goods or services are cheap and not of very good quality 〔商品、服务〕低档的，廉价的，质量不好的

Examples from the Corpus

downscale• But the cost of staying at the downscale Hotel Stevens was only $ 4 a night.• a downscale motel

down·scale2 /ˌdaʊnˈskeɪl $ ˈdaʊnskeɪl/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] American EnglishAmE

to sell or buy cheaper goods of lower quality 卖出[买进]（价廉质次的商品）

Examples from the Corpus

downscale• The military forces have been downscaled since the end of the Cold War.• Others will tighten their belts, downscale their programs, sell more t-shirts and look for local sources of revenue.

From Longman Business Dictionary

downscaledown·scale1 /ˈdaʊnskeɪl/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] American EnglishAmEMARKETING

to sell or buy cheaper goods of lower quality

She predicts that American consumers will downscale in reaction to the recession.

Other organisations will downscale their programs, sell more t-shirts and work for other sources of revenue.

downscaledownscale2 adjectiveadj American EnglishAmE

involving goods and services that are cheap and not very good quality compared to similar goods or servicesSYN downmarket

a downscale motel

downscaledown·scale3 /daʊnˈskeɪl/ adverbadv American EnglishAmEMARKETING

1go/move downscale to start buying or selling cheaper goods or servicesSYN downmarket

Companies with strong middle-class brand names found that it was virtually impossible to move upscale or downscale, and consequently they were in deep trouble.

2take something downscale to change a product or a service, or people’s ideas about it, so that it is cheaper or seems cheaper and more popularSYN downmarket

He opened 60 more stores and took the chain downscale.

词汇	downscale
释义	downscale Word family noundownerdownwardnessdownbeatdownbowdownfalldownflowdownforcedowngradedownhauldownlighterdownlinkdown paymentdownpipedownpourdownrightnessdownrushdownshifterdownshiftingdownsidedownsizerdownsizingdownspoutdownstrokedownswingdownthrowdowntimedowntrenddownturndownwashDowniedowninessdownlandadverbdownwarddownwardlydownmostdownrightdownriverdownstagedownadjectivedown-and-outdown-at-heeldowncastdownfallendownhearteddownhilldownholedown-homedownloadabledownlookeddownmarketdownstairdownstatedown-to-earthdowntowndownturneddownwinddowneddownyverbdownloaddownplaydownscaledownshiftdownsize down·scale1 /ˈdaʊnskeɪl/ adjectiveadj American EnglishAmE downscale goods or services are cheap and not of very good quality 〔商品、服务〕低档的，廉价的，质量不好的 Examples from the Corpus downscale• But the cost of staying at the downscale Hotel Stevens was only $ 4 a night.• a downscale motel down·scale2 /ˌdaʊnˈskeɪl $ ˈdaʊnskeɪl/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] American EnglishAmE to sell or buy cheaper goods of lower quality 卖出[买进]（价廉质次的商品） Examples from the Corpus downscale• The military forces have been downscaled since the end of the Cold War.• Others will tighten their belts, downscale their programs, sell more t-shirts and look for local sources of revenue. From Longman Business Dictionary downscaledown·scale1 /ˈdaʊnskeɪl/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] American EnglishAmEMARKETING to sell or buy cheaper goods of lower quality She predicts that American consumers will downscale in reaction to the recession. Other organisations will downscale their programs, sell more t-shirts and work for other sources of revenue. downscaledownscale2 adjectiveadj American EnglishAmE involving goods and services that are cheap and not very good quality compared to similar goods or servicesSYN downmarket a downscale motel downscaledown·scale3 /daʊnˈskeɪl/ adverbadv American EnglishAmEMARKETING 1go/move downscale to start buying or selling cheaper goods or servicesSYN downmarket Companies with strong middle-class brand names found that it was virtually impossible to move upscale or downscale, and consequently they were in deep trouble. 2take something downscale to change a product or a service, or people’s ideas about it, so that it is cheaper or seems cheaper and more popularSYN downmarket He opened 60 more stores and took the chain downscale.
随便看	the-national-lottery the national maritime museum the-national-maritime-museum the national negro leagues the-national-negro-leagues the national portrait gallery the-national-portrait-gallery the national rifle association the-national-rifle-association the national science foundation the-national-science-foundation the national security council the-national-security-council the national theatre the-national-theatre the national trust the-national-trust the national weather service the-national-weather-service the national westminster bank the-national-westminster-bank the nation of islam the-nation-of-islam the Nativity the natural/animal/plant world 血肉血肉之躯血肉模糊血肉横飞血肉淋漓血肉相联血肉相连血肿血胡同血胤血胸血脂血脉血脸血腥血色血色素血花血虚血衣血证血豆腐血象血账血赤