1PHRASAL VERB-ERG 精简(机构);裁减(人员) If a company or other organization slims down or is slimmed down, it employs fewer people, in order to save money or become more efficient. 精简(机构);裁减(人员) [business] [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
Many firms have had little choice but to slim down. [VERBPREP.]
许多公司几乎别无选择,只能裁员。
...the plan to slim down the coal industry. [VERBPREP. noun]