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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

双语例句

  • This came after an earlier pledge to lose weight made in January on BBC Radio Sussex, in which the prime minister called his efforts to slim down a great patriotic struggle.
    今年1月,首相卡梅伦在BBC萨塞克斯电台节目中发誓减肥,说自己的减肥是伟大的爱国行动。
  • Judy is overweight, she needs to slim down.
    朱迪身体超重,她需要去减肥。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • The Home Office will keep its name, but will slim down its responsibilities to concentrate on terrorism, security and immigration.
    内政部将保留名称不变,但将削减它的指责;转而一心一意负责恐怖主义、安全和移民问题。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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。