| 单词 | slim |
| 释义 | slim1 /slɪm/ ●●○ S3 adjective (comparative slimmer, superlative slimmest) 1 THIN PERSONsomeone who is slim is attractively thin 苗条的，修长的 SYN slender a slim young woman 身材苗条的年轻女子 a slim waist 纤腰► see thesaurus at thin2 LITTLE/NOT MUCHvery small in amount or number 〔数量或数字〕微小的 SYN slender There’s only a slim chance that anyone survived the crash. 这次失事有人生还的机会极为渺茫。 The Republicans held a slim majority in the Senate. 共和党在参议院中略占多数。3 THIN OBJECT OR MATERIALSMALLnot wide or thick 不宽的；薄的 SYN thin a slim volume of poetry 薄薄的一册诗歌集 →5 see picture at 见图 thin1Examples from the Corpusslim• In such situations, hopes for a less active, more cautious and realistic, less expansive foreign policy were slim.• She looks great -- how does she stay so slim?• The suits are slim and elegant without being flashy or unsettling.• You are slim, and rather beautiful.• She was tall, slim, blond, and really good-looking.• a slim crescent moon• A slim, energetic woman, Kim moved to the United States as a teenager.• Mrs Ester was in her late thirties, about average height, with a slim figure.• Claude gave me a slim gold box for holding my business cards.• You're looking slimmer - have you lost weight?• He led the way, his slim hips in the tight fitting pants snaking gracefully between the tables.• This creature, shaped like a slim leaf about 6 centimetres long, lives half-buried in the sand of the sea floor.• a slim margin of profit• They were slim, pale and elegant, and she wore colourless or pearl nail varnish.• The D-777 is so slim, says Sony, that a digital readout could not be built in as on other portables.• Rob took a slim volume from the shelf.• a slim volume of poetryslim chance• His hubris cost him whatever slim chance he had of actually pulling it off.• Poulsen later lost in the semifinals, ending Poe's slim chances of being able to fight for even a bronze medal.• There was now only a slim chance of escape.• Despite the firm's dire financial health, they have a slim chance of pulling this off.• There is a slim chance that you will have to make up the shortfall.• I've got a slim chance to do something.slim volume• Each is a slim volume but so packed with useful information and recipes that the price of £4.99 seems modest.• I made a careful note of this exchange in the slim volume in which I stashed anything that sounded like wisdom.• This slim volume is essential reading for all involved with Letters of Credit.• This is a suitably slimmer volume on one of his wives, Rita Hayworth.slim2 verb (slimmed, slimming) 1.[intransitive] British EnglishTHIN PERSON to make yourself thinner by eating less, taking a lot of exercise etc 〔通过节食、多做运动等〕减肥 → diet2 slim down phrasal verb a) to reduce the size or number of something, or to become reduced in size or number （使）减少，（使）缩小；裁减slim something ↔ down The company is trying to slim down its workforce. 这家公司想裁减员工。 to The Cabinet has been slimmed down to 16 members. 内阁已被精简到16名成员。b) to make your body thinner, or to become thinner, especially in order to be healthier or more attractive 减肥；变苗条slim something ↔ down How can I slim down my hips? 我怎样才能让臀部变瘦点？ to She slimmed down to a healthy 61 kilos. 她减到了健康体重——61公斤。 —slimmed-down adjective —slimmer noun [countable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusslim• In that report we have proposed a Council slimmed down in terms both of numbers and committees.• Changing market conditions will have slimmed that list, but the gallery can count upon an enthusiastic response from its collectors.• Many are reacting by slimming their presence at shows drastically and pulling out of some altogether.From Longman Business Dictionaryslimslim1 /slɪm/ verb (slimmed, slimming) [intransitive, transitive] (also slim down) to reduce the size or number of something, or to become smaller in size or numberThe multinational corporation slimmed its total assets by 3.2%.Many large insurers are slimming down (=employing fewer people). —slimming noun [uncountable]Despite success in holding down overall costs, further slimming will be needed.→ See Verb tableslimslim2 adjective1very small in size or amountThe slim increase in revenues reflected the slowing economy.Will the Democrats hold on to their slim majority?2very little chance of something happeningChances are slim that such bosses will make as much money as they once earned.There are slim hopes of a compromise.Origin slim1 (1600-1700) Dutch “bad, of low quality”slim1 adjectiveslim2 verbChinese thin slim Corpus someone who attractively is Business is |
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