scale词组,隐喻,短语

scale

scalescale[skeɪl],scale sth 'down(AmE also ,scale sth 'back)1.■to reduce sth in size or importance减少，缩小﹙规模或重要性﹚:The company has scaled down its training programmes this year.公司缩小了今年的培训计划。Police are scaling down the search for the attacker.警方正在缩小对攻击者的搜寻规模。Jonnie’s tools were a scaled-down version of his father’s.乔尼的工具是根据他父亲的工具按比例缩小的。[OBJ]programme,project[opposite]scale sth up (less frequent)[G]v+adv+n ◆ v+n/pron+adv,scale sth 'up2.■to increase the size or importance of sth增加，扩大﹙规模或重要性﹚:We’re deciding how to scale up our operation.我们正在考虑如何扩大我们的行动。[opposite]scale sth down[G]v+adv+n ◆ v+n/pron+adv