whittling

whittling

美 [?hw?t(?)l] 　英 ['w?t(?)l]

• v.切；削；削減；削瘦
• n.屠刀；〈英方,古〉切肉用大刀

詞形變化

第三人稱單數：whittles  現在分詞：whittling  過去式：whittled  

同義詞

英漢解釋

v.	1. 切;削;削減,減少;削瘦,損害 (down; away)
n.	1. 〈英方,古〉切肉用大刀;屠刀

英英解釋

v.	1. to make an object out of wood by cutting pieces off the wood with a small knife

例句

But should attacks by the coalition forces continue, the slow whittling away of his heavy weaponry is likely to reduce his options rapidly.

然而一旦聯軍的空襲持續下去，慢慢耗掉他的重型武器，他的優勢可能會迅速丟失。

He might be whittling, or splicing a rope, or just sitting.

他在削什么東西，或在搓繩，或只是坐著。

Andrew especially liked to follow the stream back to a flat rock, where he would sit, whittling and thinking.

安德魯尤其喜歡沿著小溪走到一塊平滑的石塊那兒坐下來，邊削樹枝邊沉思。

Sometimes he'd quiet down and just stare sadly at the floor, like a man whittling.

有時他會靜下來，純粹悲哀地凝視著地板，象一個正在用小刀削刻的人。

I was slowly whittling away at my possessions, then took a huge leap when we sold or gave away almost everything and moved to San Francisco.

我曾慢慢削減我的雜物，終于在賣掉或送出幾乎所有東西并搬到舊金山的時候邁出了一大步。

Translate the following sentence into Chinese, 'But it's a real person who can give you power to focus on whittling a problem down to size.

但是還是現實的人能給你力量，讓你集中精力來把問題簡化。

The market had expected some form of monetary easing but hadn't imagined a whittling of interest rates, even if merely symbolic.

市場已經預料到了一些關于貨幣政策松動的形式，但卻沒有想到利率被降低了，即使僅僅是象征性的降低。

It is whittling away at family reunification rights, and plans to make it harder to settle permanently in Britain.

它限制了由于家庭團聚而申請移民的人數，并擬定一批計劃加大永久定居英國的難度。

In the meantime, new competitors are eroding incumbent businesses' market shares, with price wars whittling down their profit margins.

與此同時，新的競爭者正通過價格戰壓低現有企業的利潤率，侵蝕它們的市場份額。

An innocent intimacy, enhanced by the way he was carving, like a boy whittling a stick.

他像一個男孩那樣在修削木塊，使這種親密感覺更加顯得單純。

Whittling away at oneself in a dream state is not unusual. Many people find themselves acquiring different forms of handicaps in dreams.

在夢中蠶食自己并非少見，許多人在夢中發現他們得到不同形式的殘疾。

The mere thought can conjure up ideas of hand-cranking appliances and whittling your own kitchen table.

不經意間的想法能讓人想到手搖裝置，使你的櫥房餐桌面積逐漸變小。

The judges, which included both journalists and scientists, spent an entire day slowly whittling the record 2, 200 images down to the best.

包括新聞記者和科學家在內的評委們花了一整天從2200張照片中慢慢篩選出最佳作品。

This Moschino Cheap & Chic dress flatters too: the wrap-style top is waist-whittling, while the full skirt makes legs look leaner.

這件莫斯基諾禮服也討人喜歡：裹式上衣削弱腰部，而裙子使腿看起來更瘦。

With so many different values sets and worldviews, the importance of whittling down your core beliefs becomes obvious.

面對這么多價值觀和世界觀，剔掉過多的信仰的重要性便不言而喻了。

Is there any way of whittling down this thicket of medical theorising?

有什么辦法削平這片醫學推理的荊棘么？

But Russia has spent the past months whittling away the proposed list.

而俄羅斯過去數月一直在削減提出的制裁清單。

Whittling away at debt comes with many benefits.

降低債務會帶來很多好處。