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

• 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。
• The market seems to like it when big banks slim down these days, and several are doing just that.
  市场似乎很乐意看到大型银行“瘦身”，最近几家银行在这方面也确实有所行动。
• One obvious tuning option was to move to UNIX machines, but that was ruled out as impractical-the customer preferred instead to slim down the application.
  最明显的调优方案是转移到unix机器上，但是因为不切实际而被排除掉了客户更愿意让这个应用程序减肥。
• 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。
• They are now under pressure to slim down their balance-sheets quickly, partly to shore up capital and partly because of funding strains.
  但现在它们承受了迅速压缩其资产负债表的压力，这部分出于加强资本的需要，部分出于资金紧缺。
• Weight loss-estimated to lose weight and are trying to lose weight but have a lot of the MM, but, in and to "slim down" for a protracted war games, he was unable to see what results, which is Why?
  减肥&估计正在减肥和正想减肥的MM们可是不少，可是，在和“减肥”进行了一场场旷日持久的战争后，也未能见什么成效，这是为什么呢？
• Can you slim down by kissing too much?
  经常接吻能减肥么？
• So what about those naturally gluten-free foods, such as meat, fish, fruit and vegetables? Are they going to help us slim down?
  那么，像猪肉、鱼肉、以及水果蔬菜这类的天然无麸质食品会不会帮助我们瘦身呢？
• 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。
• 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。