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.- Many firms have had little choice but to slim down.
许多公司几乎别无选择，只能裁员。 - ...the plan to slim down the coal industry.
精减煤炭从业人员的计划
- Many firms have had little choice but to slim down.
- → see:slim 2
英英释义
verb
- take off weight
双语例句
- 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。 - If everybody is forced to carry the weight of the seriously fat, then everybody has an interest in seeing them slim down.
如果每个人都被迫承担超级胖人的重负，那么人人都很希望看到他们苗条下来。 - She tells me that I'll feel better about myself if I slim down.
她告诉我说，如果我减肥了，就会感觉舒服得多。 - We know you slim down their thighs and their noses and you lighten their skin.
我们知道你们修长了她们的大腿和鼻子，提亮了她们的肤色。 - Many firms have had little choice but to slim down.
许多公司几乎别无选择，只能裁员。 - Why you should skip it: it seems to make sense: the sight of those pants or the ads with fashion models wearing them might motivate you to slim down.
为什么不可取：听起来似乎很有道理：看着那些裤子，或者看到广告里时装模特们穿着那些裤子可能会激发你想减肥的欲望。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。