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发信人: lanslot (~~~~~~~~~~), 信区: English
标 题: Slang of the day - greenleaf(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2001年12月03日20:09:19 星期一), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 deleted 讨论区 】
【 原文由 yangs 所发表 】
downsize
Definition: To reduce the number of workers in a company; to fire
large numbers of employees.
Example:
1) The new corporate president said he would downsize
relentlessly in order to save money and raise the stock price of the
firm.
2) I was downsized in April, and I've been looking for work ever
since.
Etymology: This term emerged in the 1980s, when many large companies
eliminated employees in order to increase their stock prices.
Variations: downsized
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