- 速记技巧
词源记忆法
可能来自 whet, 磨,使锋利。
- 近义词
- 知识拓展
词组短语
whittle down.v.削减,削弱;
词源考究
可能来自whet,磨,使锋利。
- 双语例句 更多例句
He began to whittle away all powers of the government that he did not control.
他开始削弱他所未能控制的一切政府权力.
辞典例句
Sarah Whittle: They grow much faster than bamboo. Take care or they'll come after you.
莎拉: 他们长得比竹子还要快. 小心哦要不然他们会追上你的.
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Sarah Whittle: You did just see three monkeys go by on a motorcycle; right?
莎拉: 你刚才正好看见一辆摩托车上有三头驴, 是吧?
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Their approach is to whittle away at the evidence to show reasonable doubt.
他们的做法是要削弱证据的说服力以提出合理的质疑。
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I believe that the Government's general aim is to whittle away the Welfare State.
我认为政府总的目的是要削弱福利国家体制。
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This uses a succession of cues to whittle away the alternatives until only one remains.
这一方法使用一连串线索来逐渐减少排除选项,直到最后只剩下一个选项.
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I finally managed to whittle down the names on the list to only five.
我最后总算把名单上的名字减少到了只有五个。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Make this plug smaller for me, but do not whittle away too much wood.
帮我把这个塞子弄小一点, 但木头不要削掉太多.
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- 相关词组
- whittle away削减,减少,降低(…的大小、重要性或价值);
- whittle downv.削减;逐渐减少,逐渐缩减(…的大小或数目);
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