瘦身

climbing down───爬下；让步

simmering down───被煮浓；冷静下来；被总括起来

clamping down───取缔；施加压力，强行压制

lambing down───羔羊

living down───v.改正行为而使…被人遗忘

shifting down───变慢；换档减速

sitting down───坐下；扎营

slagging down───结渣

slapping down───vi.粗暴地禁止；镇压

Diet pills are only a way in which one can think of slimming down and not the final solution to all weight problems.───减肥药只是使人体消瘦的一种方式，并不能解决所有的体重问题。

Generally, this slimming down does not translate into a statistically significantreduction in weight.───一般来说，这种瘦身不会转变为统计上的体重大幅度减少。

Slimming down the BBC is one thing; dismantling it in the cause of liberal market fundamentalism is another.───减小BBC的规模是一回事，以自由市场原教旨主义的名义将其解体则是另一回事。

She complained she looked like her gay brother after cutting off her hair and slimming down for the film.───她曾抱怨因为出演悲惨世界剪掉头发和体重后她就像她的同性恋哥哥了。

For Spaniards and their health-care system alike, getting fitter may also mean slimming down.───无论是对西班牙人还是他们的医疗系统而言，改善健康状况都意味着瘦身减重。

Earth had been 'slimming down' following the Ice Age, which finished about 20, 000 years ago.───早在20000年前，地球正值冰河时期，那时的“腰围”可以说是比较苗条。

Changes in rights of audience may well result in a slimming down of the practising Bar.

They're restructuring and slimming down the workforce.

Those changes essentially relate to a slimming down in the industry itself, but also to significant structural changes.

Those who make the connection between size and safety point out that after slimming down in the 1980s, the average American light-duty vehicle has bulked up over the past two decades.