一、详细释义:
adj.
苗条的,纤细的
例句:
I wish I was as slim as you.
但愿我能像你一样苗条。
例句:
She was slim and blonde and pretty, and also unmistakably competent.
她身段苗条,金发,漂亮,而且非常能干。
例句:
To keep slim, you can't eat any more.
要想身体苗条,你就不能再吃东西了。
渺茫的
例句:
His chances for getting the scholarship were very slim.
他获得奖学金的希望甚微。
微薄的;少的
例句:
He lived on a slim income.
他靠微薄的收入生活。
例句:
The chance of getting a job is very slim.
得到工作的可能性很小。
机灵的;狡猾的
v.
减轻体重,使体重减轻,减肥 [I,T]
例句:
He will have to slim if he wants to wear the trousers.
如果他想穿下这条裤子的话,就得减肥。
例句:
She is trying to slim.
她正在设法减肥。
二、词义辨析:
lean,slender,slim,slight,thin
这些形容词均有“瘦的”之意。lean侧重缺少脂肪。既可能是因病而瘦,也可能因饥饿而消瘦。也指身体消瘦,但肌肉结实,身体健康。slender指身体细长、体态优美、苗条适中,多用于指女性。slim指身体的细长,体重轻不着重外形的优美,可用于不同的性别,常用于减轻体重的人。slight指身材又瘦又小。thin普通用词,指腰细、骨架窄,常因疾病或疲劳而消瘦。
三、相关短语:
slim down
消瘦;减肥
四、参考例句:
I only like slim girls.
我只喜欢苗条的女孩子。
She is tall and slim.
她又高又苗条。
The young woman was tall and slim.
那个年轻的女子身材苗条修长。
He feels like dieting to slim down.
他很想节制饮食来减肥。
He lived on a slim income.
他靠微薄的收入生活。
She goes for tall slim men.
她喜欢瘦高个子的男子。
He keeps slim by jogging every day.
他每天慢跑以保持苗条。
She is as slim as I am.
她和我一样苗条。
He was a slim, quiet, bespectacled man.
他是个体型匀称,安静寡言的戴眼镜的人。
Nina is a tall, slim athletic girl.
妮娜是一位修长而健美的姑娘。