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Slim N Chance Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词   [V I Young

英语单词 slim
英美音标 英 [slɪm] 美 [slɪm]
中文释义 adj.苗条的;微小的;细长的
v.减肥;缩减
英语例句 (1) I remember her (ie picture her in my mind) as a slim young girl.
(2) She has only a slim chance of winning.
(3) I have a slim gold watch.
(4) She is trying to slim by jogging.
(5) She tries to get fit and slim down.
(6) The Marine Corps began to slim down under budget restrictions.
(7) You have to slim down your holiday plans since costs have risen so much.
中文例句 (1) 我想起她那时还是个苗条的少女。
(2) 她只有些微的可能获胜。
(3) 我有一块细长的金表。
(4) 她正用跑步法来减肥。
(5) 她努力使身体健康体形苗条。
(6) 由于预算的限制,海军陆战队开始裁员。
(7) 既然费用上涨得这么厉害,你们必须削减假日计划安排。
柯林斯解释
1
[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.
  [approval]
  • 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。

2
[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.
  [V]
  [Also V n]
  [V P]
  [V P n]
  • 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。

3
[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.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • 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。

4
[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。

5
[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.
  [V n]
  [BUSINESS 商]
  • The company recently slimmed its product line.

    公司最近压缩了产品线。

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