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。