whittle down
英 [ˈwɪtl daʊn]
美 [ˈwɪtl daʊn]
逐渐减少; 逐渐压缩…的人数
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 逐渐减少;逐渐压缩…的人数
Towhittle downa group or thing means to gradually make it smaller.- He had whittled eight interviewees down to two...
他已经逐渐将参加面试的人数由8人减少到2人。 - By September, they will have whittled the list down to a winner...
9月之前他们会从名单中确定出最后的赢家。 - The president has agreed to whittle down his proposal.
总统已经同意减少他的提案。
- He had whittled eight interviewees down to two...
英英释义
verb
- cut away in small pieces
双语例句
- I am told by several banks that one of the ways they whittle down thousands of applicants to the 200-300 that they interview each year is by looking for relevant work experience, or internships.
几家银行告诉我，它们每年把数千名应聘者大幅削减到面试的二三百人，所用的方法之一，就是看他们有没有相关的工作经验或实习经验。 - He had whittled eight interviewees down to two
他已经逐渐将参加面试的人数由8人减少到2人。 - BERLIN ( Reuters Life!)– Challenged with a100 million euro ($ 133 million) deficit, one western German city has introduced a day tax on prostitutes to help whittle down its budget gap.
柏林（路透社）-受100万欧元（1.33亿美元）赤字的冲击，德国西部城市之一引入妓女住宿税，以帮助削减其预算缺口。 - Just whittle it down, you know?
把它简化一点？ - Ultimately, Mr. Penn said, Uber wants to whittle Beijing's time down to five minutes.
Penn称，Uber希望最终将北京客户的等待时间降至五分钟。 - They are trying to whittle down our salaries.
他们正着手削减我们的薪水。 - I think we'd better whittle down her schedule.
我想我们最好削减一些她的日程计划。 - Whittle the stick down a bit more.
把木棍再削细点儿。 - By September, they will have whittled the list down to a winner
9月之前他们会从名单中确定出最后的赢家。 - In the case of private equity, critics worry that a capital gains tax regime designed to stimulate the growth of smaller quoted companies is being used to whittle down the tax rate on the "carried interest" of private equity bosses to an unjustifiably low level.
以私人股本行业为例，批评人士担心，以激励小规模上市企业增长为目的的资本利得税体制，正被用于将私人股本高管的“附带权益”（carriedinterest）税率降低至不合理的水平。