scale back

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缩减, 削减

to reduce the size, amount, or extent of something

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The company decided to scale back its operations in Europe.

公司决定缩减在欧洲的业务。

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We need to scale back our spending to save money.

我们需要削减开支以节省资金。

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cut back downsize reduce curtail retrench

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