[intransitive, transitive] (-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精简（机构）◆The group is slimming its management board from eight to five members. 集团将其管理委员会从八人精简为五人。◆The slimmed down company should break even this year.公司经精简以后应该能在今年实现盈亏平衡。