"trim" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

trim verbo

trim + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 24
trim costs • trim beard • trim one's hair • trim trees • trim one's lead • ...
(2) tree, shrub, bush
Kolokacji: 3
(3) lead, sail, nail
Kolokacji: 3
(4) hedge, payroll, inventory
Kolokacji: 3
(5) force, staff, roster
Kolokacji: 3
1. trim one's work force = przycinać czyjś siła robocza trim one's work force
2. trim one's staff = przycinać czyjś personel trim one's staff
  • Congress has forced it to trim its staff in recent years.
  • He asked doctors to take a 15 percent pay cut this year, and trimmed staff.
  • Still, it trimmed its staff and cut the number of grants by almost half.
  • To accomplish that, it cut costs and trimmed its staff, of course.
  • He also repeated earlier campaign pledges to trim the Mayor's staff by 10 percent.
  • Two years ago, it shed poorest-performing operations and trimmed its staff.
  • Within six months she was running the show, revitalizing the product line, trimming staff, battling the union.
  • It plans to trim its staff of 850 by 12 percent and petition the government to allow a paperless clearing system.
  • It is trimming staff and "thinking tourist class, when we travel, instead of first class."
  • And the company is trimming its European staff.
3. trim one's roster = przycinać czyjś harmonogram dyżurów trim one's roster
(7) production, job
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + trim
Kolokacji: 7
need trimming • begin trimming • help trim • start trimming • require trimming • ...
trim + preposición
Kolokacji: 19
trim off • trim down • trim with • trim in • trim to • ...
trim + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 12
neatly trimmed • carefully trimmed • trim away • closely trimmed • trim short • ...

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