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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

  • 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。