downshifting
noun [ U ] uk/ˈdaʊn.ʃɪf.tɪŋ/ us/ˈdaʊn.ʃɪf.tɪŋ/
舍弃高薪职位从事更有满足感的工作
the practice of leaving a job that is well paid and difficult in order to do something that gives you more time and satisfaction but less money
More people are finding that downshifting is delivering a less stressful life. 越来越多的人发现，舍弃高薪职位从事更有满足感的工作可以让生活压力更小。
This may cause an increase in downshifting where individuals sacrifice salary for a better quality of life. 这可能会引起人们为了更好的生活质量而放弃高薪的情况增多。
See: downshift
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- More and more of us are being seduced by the idea of downshifting.
- That career downshifting will increasingly open management opportunities to members of generations X and Y, the demographic cohorts born between 1965 and 1998.
- The idea of downshifting always had the faint implication of stepping back from an active life.
downshifting
adjective [ before noun ] uk/ˈdaʊn.ʃɪf.tɪŋ/ us/ˈdaʊn.ʃɪf.tɪŋ/
舍弃高薪职位从事更有满足感的工作的
leaving a job that is well paid and difficult in order to do something that gives you more time and satisfaction but less money
The company was set up in Sussex by downshifting City lawyers. 几名舍弃了伦敦商业区高薪职位的律师在苏塞克斯市成立了这家公司。
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- He arrived from London 25 years ago, a downshifting television executive with a penchant for cider.
- The Church of England has become the latest destination for downshifting professionals in search of a quieter, more vocational lifestyle.
- It is a favoured destination of downshifting city dwellers with idealised expectations of rural England.