美 [slɪm daʊn]
减肥：变得更瘦；减少体重。
减少，缩小：使某物变小；减少某物的规模。
slim down // [ slimming slimmed slimmer slims slimmest ]
动词词组 If you slim down, you lose weight and become thinner. 减轻体重; 变苗条
People will lose weight when they slim down with a friend.
人们若和朋友一起减肥，就会减轻体重。
动词词组 If a company or other organization slims down or is slimmed down, it employs fewer people, in order to save money or become more efficient. (为节省开支或提高效率而) 裁员
Many firms have had little choice but to slim down.
许多公司除了裁员已经没有多少选择了。
take off weight
同义词： reduce / melt off / lose weight / slim / slenderize / thin
... scale down按比例缩小 slim down消瘦 downsize缩小规模 ...
... rock the boat 打破局势的平衡 slim down 使身材苗条 submit v. 服从；屈服 ...
... know-how 专业知识 slim down 变得苗条、瘦下来 bulk up 变得更壮 ...
... sigh out/forth sth边叹息边说出…… slim down减肥，缩减。 a white lie无恶意的谎言 ...
The industry may have to slim down even further.
这个行业可能还得进一步压缩。
Many firms have had little choice but to slim down.
许多公司除了裁员已经没有多少选择了。
People will lose weight when they slim down with a friend.
人们若和朋友一起减肥，就会减轻体重。
A few years ago, OhioHealth,a hospital chain, decided to help its overweight employees slim down and lead a healthier life style.
VOA : standard.2010.07.16
Sure fire ways to slim down your spending and fatten up your wallet in the New Year.
They fear restructuring and yet they have no realistic plan to slim down the Greek debt mountain.
Very few people believe that Greece can find sufficient growth to slim down its mountain of debt.