streamline

英 [ˈstriːmlaɪn]

美 [ˈstriːmlaɪn]

v.  使成流线型; 使(系统、机构等)效率更高; (尤指)使增产节约
n.  流线; 流线型

现在分词：streamlining　过去分词：streamlined　过去式：streamlined　第三人称单数：streamlines　

CET6考研TOEFLTEM8BEC

Collins.1 / BNC.12095 / COCA.11669

牛津词典

verb

• 使成流线型
  to give sth a smooth even shape so that it can move quickly and easily through air or water
  1. The cars all have a new streamlined design.
     这些汽车都是流线型新款。
• 使（系统、机构等）效率更高；（尤指）使增产节约
  to make a system, an organization, etc. work better, especially in a way that saves money
  1. The production process is to be streamlined.
     生产流程还需改进。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使(机构或过程)效率更高;精简
  Tostreamlinean organization or process means to make it more efficient by removing unnecessary parts of it.
  1. They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy...
     他们正努力精简本来繁冗复杂的官僚体制。
  2. They say things should be better now that they have streamlined application procedures.
     他们称鉴于他们已经简化了申请手续，情况应该会有所好转。

英英释义

verb

• contour economically or efficiently

双语例句

• Chen had pledged to streamline the government and make it more efficient.
  陈有保证到流线型政府和达到目标更多的生效的。
• Each business process is an effort to streamline an enterprises'operations and functions.
  每个业务流程都是一项连接企业运行和功能的工作。
• The government recently announced details of its plan to streamline the taxation system.
  政府最近宣布了精简税制计划的细则。
• Using this solution, companies can streamline manual data entry processes into automated workflows.
  使用该解决方案，公司可以将手动的数据条目处理放入自动的工作流程中。
• The performance of the Portal Document Manager has been improved to save document renditions and streamline document preview.
  PortalDocumentManager的性能也得到了改进，可以保存文档处理和优化文档预览。
• We must streamline our methods.
  我们必须简化方法。
• In line with consumer demand, we continuously improve upon and streamline civil engineering-related research methods.
  和消费者的需求同步，我们持续不断地改善和设计出土木工程相关领域的研究方法。
• Many retailers and banks provide iPhone applications to streamline transactions.
  许多零售商和银行提供了iPhone应用程序来简化交易。
• To ease and streamline this mapping process, use JAXB.
  可以使用JAXB简化这个映射过程。
• This helps streamline document-and forms-intensive processes such as account opening and loan origination.
  这有助于将文档及表单都很密集的流程（例如开帐户和办理贷款）进行线形处理。