If you refer to the scale of something, you are referring to its size or extent, especially when it is very big. 规模; 范围
noun [具体名词] 缩放比例；刮治术，[口腔]刮牙术；鳞片排列
We are scaling down our training programmes next year. 我们将在明年缩小培训计划。
verb [vt. 及物动词] 剥落；刮鳞；生水垢（scale 的 ing 形式）
We are thinking of scaling down our training programmes next year. 我们考虑在明年缩小培训计划。
