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英式音标:[ˈhwɪtl əˈwei]
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词义:

释义

削减,减少,降低(…的大小、重要性或价值);

英英释义

whittle away

v.cut away in small pieces

同义词:whittle downwear away

用法:

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

In this paper,a cutter that was used to cut corn away from the cob was introduced.
该文介绍了一种采用在玉米籽粒根部切削方式将甜玉米果穗上的籽粒与玉米芯分离的机械设备的设计。

In PRK, the top layer of the cornea, called the epithelium, is scraped away to expose the stromal layer underneat.
光性折射角膜切削术使用的方法是削去角膜的顶层,又称上皮层,来显露下面的基质层。

They are trying to whittle away our salaries.
他们正著手削减我们的薪水。

Whittle down the debt by making small payments.
通过小额支付来削减债务。

权威例句

Adherence of Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ to CoCrAl coatings. [1000-1200/sup 0/C]

Movement of Population from the Smoky Mountains Area

Whale-finding phone app grows in use, steering mariners away

Rescission Sweeps Away Controversial Patent Rules.

FOOD PREPARATION IMPLEMENT

Gaze aversion during social style interactions in autism spectrum disorder and Williams syndrome

The deviation of light rays passing through a curved windscreen

MillWheel: fault-tolerant stream processing at internet scale

The epidemiology of HIV infection in a rural area of Guinea-Bissau

Putative Pheromones in Urine of Rutting Male Moose (Alces alces): Evolution of Honest Advertisement?
造句:

1. Like many teenagers away from home for the first time, student Claire Whittle threw herself enthusiastically into the heavy drinking university social scene.

像许多第一次离家青少年一样,克莱尔·惠特尔在大学聚会上畅怀狂饮,这会引起什么后果?

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2. The shrinking of the labour force will whittle away at potential growth, consuming the means to pay for it.

劳动力规模的缩减将削弱发展潜力,堵塞还债通道。

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3. That is presumably why the KPK's powers are under threat from the parliament, which may yet whittle them away.

议会一直想把KPK赶走,外界推测kpk的权力仍然受到议会的威胁。

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4. “Once you get very large, the cost of implementing decisions starts to whittle away your advantage,” says Mr Wightman.

Wightman先生说“一旦你的规模过大,执行决定的成本开始削弱你的优势”。

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5. 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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6. Do you constantly whittle away at a problem, trying to find a solution?

是否会坚持不懈地寻找方法逐步解决问题?

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7. Make this plug smaller for me, but don 't whittle away too much.

帮我把这个塞子弄小一点,但木头不要削掉太多。

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8. With only 60 people in my class, I felt like everyone knew everyone else - and the previous feelings of anxiety of speaking my mind slowly started to whittle away throughout my high-school years.

在60人的班级里,我觉得每个人都互相认识——高中时代的我,以前表达自己看法的顾虑渐渐消失了。

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9. He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.

试图改变自己适应别人的人很快就会迷失自己。

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10. He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.

试图改变自己适应别人的人很快就会迷失自己。

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