[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]苗条的;纤细的;修长的 A slim person has an attractively thin and well-shaped body.
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The young woman was tall and slim...
那个年轻的女子身材苗条修长。
Jean is pretty, of slim build, with blue eyes.
珍妮非常漂亮,身材苗条,有一双蓝色的眼睛。
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[VERB 动词](通过节食)减肥,变苗条 If you are slimming, you are trying to make yourself thinner and lighter by eating less food.
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Some people will gain weight, no matter how hard they try to slim...
有些人无论多么努力地减肥,都会长肉。
It makes sense to eat a reasonably balanced diet when slimming.
在减肥过程中保持饮食的营养相对均衡是明智的。
Slim down means the same as slim.slim down 同 slim
Doctors have told Benny to slim down.
医生告诉本尼要减肥。
...salon treatments that claim to slim down thighs.
据称可以瘦大腿的美容疗法
slimmer
...meals for slimmers.
减肥餐
slimming
We live in a society which is obsessed with slimming.
我们生活在一个热衷于减肥的社会。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](书、钱包等)薄的 A slim book, wallet, or other object is thinner than usual.
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The slim booklets describe a range of services and facilities...
这些薄薄的小册子介绍了一系列服务和设施。
He published only three slim volumes of verse in his short life.
在他短暂的一生里,他只出版过 3 卷薄薄的诗集。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](可能性)不大的,微乎其微的 A slim chance or possibility is a very small one.
There's still a slim chance that he may become Prime Minister.
他仍然有一丝希望当上首相。
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[VERB 动词]减少(产品);缩减(人员) If an organization slims its products or workers, it reduces the number of them that it has.
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[BUSINESS 商]
The company recently slimmed its product line.
公司最近压缩了产品线。
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slim/slɪm; NAmEslɪm/
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slimslimsslimmedslimmingslimmerslimmestadjective(slim·mer,slim·mest)1( approving) (of a person 人)thin, in a way that is attractive 苗条的;纤细的◆a slim figure/body/waist苗条的体形╱身材;纤细的腰肢◆She was tall and slim.她是个瘦高个儿。◆How do you manage to stay so slim?你是怎样把身材保持得这么苗条的?◆( figurative) Many companies are a lot slimmer than they used to be (= have fewer workers).许多公司的员工比过去少多了。2thinner than usual 单薄的◆a slim volumeof poetry 一本薄薄的诗集3not as big as you would like or expect 微薄的;不足的;少的;小的SYN
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◆a slim chanceof success 成功的可能性不大◆The party was returned to power with a slim majority.该党以微弱多数重新上台。☞see also
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▶slim·ness/slɪmnəs; NAmEslɪmnəs/noun[uncountable ]verb(-mm-)[intransitive ]( BrE) ( usually used in the progressive tenses 通常用于进行时) to try to become thinner, for example by eating less (靠节食等)变苗条,减肥SYN
diet
◆You can still eat breakfast when you are slimming.你减肥也可以吃早饭嘛!☞collocationsat
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PHRASAL VERBSˌslim ˈdownto become thinner, for example as a result of eating less (靠节食等)变苗条,减肥ˌslim ˈdown | ˌslim sth↔ˈdownto make a company or an organization smaller, by reducing the number of jobs in it; to be made smaller in this way 精简(机构);裁减(人员);减少(岗位)◆They're restructuring and slimming down the workforce.他们正对职工加以重组和裁减。◆The industry may have to slim down even further.这个行业可能还得进一步压缩。◆the new, slimmed-down company精简人员后的新公司☞see also
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noun[uncountable ]an African word for AIDS(非洲用语)艾滋病slim/slɪm; NAmEslɪm/slim·ness/slɪmnəs; NAmEslɪmnəs/
1someone who is slim is attractively thinSYN slender: a slim young woman a slim waist► see thesaurus at
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2very small in amount or numberSYN slender: There’s only a slim chance that anyone survived the crash. The Republicans held a slim majority in the Senate.3not wide or thickSYN thin: a slim volume of poetry
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slimslim2 verb (past tense and past participle slimmed, present participle slimming)
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[intransitive] British English to make yourself thinner by eating less, taking a lot of exercise etc → diet—slimmer noun [countable]slim down phrasal verb1to reduce the size or number of something, or to become reduced in size or numberslim something ↔ down The company is trying to slim down its workforce.slim down to The Cabinet has been slimmed down to 16 members.2to make your body thinner, or to become thinner, especially in order to be healthier or more attractiveslim something ↔ down How can I slim down my hips?slim down to She slimmed down to a healthy 61 kilos.—slimmed-down adjective
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