| 单词 | slim |
| 释义 | slim slim // adjective, verb
■ adjective (slimmer, slimmest)
1 very small; not as big as you would like: Airlines run on very slim margins. The government has only a slim chance of meeting its economic targets. They secured support from a slim but sufficient majority of shareholders. The likelihood of another offer coming in seemed slim.
2 (about a business or an organization) reduced to a smaller and more efficient size: The deal will make us a smaller and slimmer company.
■ verb [+ obj or no obj] (-mm-) slim (sth) (down) to make a company or an organization smaller, usually in order to make it more efficient; to become smaller in this way: The group is slimming its management board from eight to five members. The business has slimmed down considerably. The slimmed down company should break even this year. |
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