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
- 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。 - 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。 - Many firms have had little choice but to slim down.
许多公司几乎别无选择,只能裁员。 - And chewing the stuff might also help you slim down, according to new research from the University of Rhode Island.
根据美国罗德岛大学的一项最新的研究发现,嚼口香糖也能帮你瘦下来。 - While HSBC may be on track to slim down, it now has to handle the tricky situation of maintaining a productive workforce when plenty of its people are facing the chopping block.
汇丰的瘦身大计也许已经走上正轨,但是由于大量员工面临着下岗的压力,如何稳定军心就成为它必须处理的一个棘手问题。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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? - 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。 - 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。