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
- Whether you're the life of the party, a bookworm or a night owl, your personality plays a surprisingly large role in your ability to slim down.
不论你是派对狂、大书虫还是夜猫子，你的性格都会极大地影响你的减肥能力。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Can you slim down by kissing too much?
经常接吻能减肥么？ - Judy is overweight, she needs to slim down.
朱迪身体超重，她需要去减肥。 - Those already overweight at the start of the two-year course would score double points if they managed to slim down over a period of two years.
对于在两年课程学习前期阶段已经超重的学生，如果在接下来的两年时间里能成功瘦下来，那他们可以得到双倍的分数。 - 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。 - 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。