slim down

英 [slɪm daʊn]

美 [slɪm daʊn]

（通过节食）减肥，变苗条; 精简（机构）; 裁减（人员）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG 精简(机构);裁减(人员)
  If a company or other organizationslims downoris slimmed down, it employs fewer people, in order to save money or become more efficient.
  1. Many firms have had little choice but to slim down.
     许多公司几乎别无选择，只能裁员。
  2. ...the plan to slim down the coal industry.
     精减煤炭从业人员的计划
• → see:slim 2

英英释义

verb

• take off weight
  Synonym:reducemelt offlose weightslimslenderizethin

双语例句

• More than a third of women deliberately buy clothes which are too small for them because they are determined to slim down enough to fit into them one day, it found.
  调查发现，超过三分之一的女性特地购买很小的衣服，因为她们下定决心减肥到足够的苗条直至能穿下去为止。
• If you are still dieting to slim down, then you are out of touch.
  如果你还在通过节食来瘦身，那你就落伍了。
• Dresdner's investment bank will not be the only one to slim down riskier activities such as proprietary trading.
  德瑞斯顿银行的投行将削减像自由资金交易这样更具风险的业务，它将不会是唯一的一家。
• No matter which diet you choose, though, you have to stick to it if you really want to slim down.
  如果你真希望减肥，那么不论你选择哪种节食方法，都必须坚持下去。
• Rivals including Credit Suisse and Barclays have since scaled back investors 'expectations about future profitability as they are forced to slim down or quit riskier businesses and hold a much bigger buffer against potential losses.
  由于被迫删减甚至放弃风险较大的业务，并维持更多的资本金以缓冲潜在亏损，瑞士信贷（CreditSuisse）与巴克莱（Barclays）等竞争对手自那以来已纷纷缩减了投资者对未来盈利能力的预期。
• You have to slim down your holiday plans since costs have risen so much.
  既然费用上涨得这么厉害，你们必须削减假日计划安排。
• Judy is overweight, she needs to slim down.
  朱迪身体超重，她需要去减肥。
• Scientists have been scouring the world in recent decades for all manner of miracle plants that can help people slim down.
  近几十年来科学家们一直在世界各地寻找各种各样的可以帮助人们减肥的神奇植物。
• In a country famous for its pastries the new fat tax is being introduced in a beat to slim down Denmark's population and cut heart desease.
  丹麦以面点闻名，新开征的脂肪税，意在让国民变得苗条，减少心脏病发病几率。
• Can you slim down by kissing too much?
  经常接吻能减肥么？