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
- 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。 - Judy is overweight, she needs to slim down.
朱迪身体超重，她需要去减肥。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - We will not see them until September, when they return filled with a post-holiday determination to slim down and tone up, before disappearing again a fortnight later.
然后我们一直见不到他们，直到9月份，当他们重返健身俱乐部时，满怀着假日结束后的决心，想要瘦身，想要健壮，然后在两周之内再一次消失得无影无踪。 - 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。 - 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。