whittle down

whittle down读音音标

英 [ˈhwɪtl daun]

美 [ˈhwɪtl daʊn]

whittle down意思解释

v.

削减；

逐渐减少，逐渐缩减（…的大小或数目）；

英英释义

v.

cut away in small pieces

同义词：whittle awaywear away

双语例句

They are trying to whittle down our salaries.他们正著手削减我们的薪水。We have cut down the non-productive expenditure.我们已削减了非生产性开支。With these methods,we shall wear down the prisoner\'s resistance.用这些方法，我们将使犯人的抵抗逐渐减少。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*后只剩下一个选项。