slim

英 [slɪm]

美 [slɪm]

adj.  苗条的; 纤细的; 单薄的; 微薄的; 不足的; 少的; 小的
v.  (靠节食等)变苗条，减肥
n.  (非洲)艾滋病

比较级：slimmer　现在分词：slimming　过去分词：slimmed　过去式：slimmed　第三人称单数：slims　最高级：slimmest　

高考CET6考研TOEFLIELTSTEM8

Collins.3 / BNC.4710 / COCA.5312

同义词辨析

leanslenderslightslimthin【导航词义：瘦的，细长的】

短语动词

短语用例

slim down

• （靠节食等）变苗条，减肥
  to become thinner, for example as a result of eating less
  1. a slim figure/body/waist
     苗条的体形 / 身材；纤细的腰肢
  2. She was tall and slim.
     她是个瘦高个儿。
  3. How do you manage to stay so slim?
     你是怎样把身材保持得这么苗条的？
  4. 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。

slim down

slim sth↔down

• 精简（机构）；裁减（人员）；减少（岗位）
  to make a company or an organization smaller, by reducing the number of jobs in it; to be made smaller in this way

牛津词典

adj.

• 苗条的；纤细的
  thin, in a way that is attractive
  1. a slim figure/body/waist
     苗条的体形 / 身材；纤细的腰肢
  2. She was tall and slim.
     她是个瘦高个儿。
  3. How do you manage to stay so slim?
     你是怎样把身材保持得这么苗条的？
  4. 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。
• 单薄的
  thinner than usual
  1. a slim volume of poetry
     一本薄薄的诗集
• 微薄的；不足的；少的；小的
  not as big as you would like or expect
  1. a slim chance of success
     成功的可能性不大
  2. The party was returned to power with a slim majority .
     该党以微弱多数重新上台。

verb

• （靠节食等）变苗条，减肥
  to try to become thinner, for example by eating less
  1. You can still eat breakfast when you are slimming.
     你减肥也可以吃早饭嘛！

noun

• （非洲）艾滋病
  an African word for AIDS

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 苗条的;纤细的;修长的
  Aslimperson has an attractively thin and well-shaped body.
  1. The young woman was tall and slim...
     那个年轻的女子身材苗条修长。
  2. 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。
• VERB (通过节食)减肥，变苗条
  If youare slimming, you are trying to make yourself thinner and lighter by eating less food.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Slim downmeans the same asslim.
     slim down 同 slim
  4. Doctors have told Benny to slim down.
     医生告诉本尼要减肥。
  5. ...salon treatments that claim to slim down thighs.
     据称可以瘦大腿的美容疗法
• ADJ-GRADED (书、钱包等)薄的
  Aslimbook, wallet, or other object is thinner than usual.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED (可能性)不大的，微乎其微的
  Aslimchance or possibility is a very small one.
  1. There's still a slim chance that he may become Prime Minister.
     他仍然有一丝希望当上首相。
• VERB 减少(产品);缩减(人员)
  If an organizationslimsits products or workers, it reduces the number of them that it has.
  1. The company recently slimmed its product line.
     公司最近压缩了产品线。

双语例句

• The specialist who carried out the brain scan thought Tim's chances of survival were still slim
  给蒂姆做脑部扫描的专科医生认为他活下来的可能性仍旧渺茫。
• Many firms have had little choice but to slim down.
  许多公司几乎别无选择，只能裁员。
• 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。
• Junior staff have only a slim chance of getting tenure.
  初级职员得到终身职位的机会十分渺茫。
• 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。
• The young woman was tall and slim
  那个年轻的女子身材苗条修长。
• We know you slim down their thighs and their noses and you lighten their skin.
  我们知道你们修长了她们的大腿和鼻子，提亮了她们的肤色。
• I recognized the slim girl immediately.
  我一下就认出了那个苗条的女孩。
• She has to diet to stay slim.
  她要保持身材苗条，就不得不节食。
• Our chances of winning the football match are very slim.
  这场足球赛我们的胜机很小。