whittle
['witl]
v. 削(木头), 削减
例句与用法:
Don't whittle the stick down too much or it won't be long enough.
别把那棍削得太多,不然就不够长了。
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。
词形变化:
名词: whittler | 动词过去式: whittled | 动词过去分词: whittled | 动词现在分词: whittling | 动词第三人称单数: whittles |
vt.
1. 削, 切; 削成
We whittled a wooden horse.
我们削成一匹木马。
2. 削减, 削弱[(+away/down)]
Profits are whittled down by the ever-rising cost of energy.
能源成本的不断上升使利润下降。
vi.
1. 削; 削木头; 削成形
2. (由于烦恼、忧虑等)弄坏身体
短语词组:
whittle away/down
1. 削减; 削弱
They are trying to whittle down our salaries.
他们正着手削减我们的薪水。
whittle
过去式:whittled
过去分词:whittled
现在进行时:whittling
词形变化:
名词: whittler | 动词过去式: whittled | 动词过去分词: whittled | 动词现在分词: whittling | 动词第三人称单数: whittles |
词义辨析:
同义参见:
curtail
shave
abridge
whittle['hwitl]vt.1.■2.■切、削(木头)3.■削成:Don't whittle the stick into a short one.别把木棍削成短的棍。4.■削减;削小,削薄;逐渐减少(通常与 down, away 连用):to whittle down the cost of the project削减某项工程成本5.■[罕用语]使苦恼,使烦恼vi.1.■削木头;尤指:无目的地削枝条端等:to whittle away the wood削去木头2.■自寻烦恼,使人烦恼得疲惫不堪:I'm whittled to death about his future.我为他的前途担心。n.1.■[废语]大刀变形vt.whittledwhittling
whittlewhittle[ˈ(h)witl]vt., vi.1.■切; 削; 减少; 损害whittle down expenses削减费用whittle away a fortune耗费资财
词性变化whittle[ˈ(h)witl]n.1.■[古、英方]切肉用刀, 屠刀, 大型雕刀
verb
[with obj.]
- carve (wood) into an object by repeatedly cutting small slices from it
雕,削(木头)
■carve (an object) from wood in this way
将木雕成,削制(物品)
■(whittle something away/down)reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps
削弱,削减
the shortlist of fifteen was whittled down to five.
15人的候选名单最后削减为5人。
[no obj. ]the censors had whittled away at the racy dialogue.
审查员们对下流的对话内容进行了删减。
- mid 16th cent.: from dialect whittle 'knife'
whittle
名词 whittle:
English aeronautical engineer who invented the jet aircraft engine (1907-1996)
同义词:Frank Whittle, Sir Frank Whittle
动词 whittle:
cut small bits or pare shavings from
同义词:pare
whittle
■“He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.
"他把自己装扮的喜人可佳,但是一瞬间他却迷失了自我.
■3 Crates J,Whittle AP. Antegrade interlocking nailing of acute humeral shaft fractures.Clin Orthop 1998;(350):40
4姜保国,傅中国,张殿英等.肱骨近端骨折的外科治疗及术后康复.中华创伤杂志,2002,18(3):133
■2 former top officials at the World Bank launched GlobalGiving 7 years ago. Mark Kuraishi and Dennis Whittle wanted to connect personal donors to projects in mostly poor countries using the Internet.
7年前两位曾经在世界银行工作过的高级官员建立了这个计划。M和D希望通过互联网将捐助人与其所捐助的贫穷国家的项目联系起来。
■whittle away
v. 切削, 削减
■Blood group antibody Whittle
Whittle血型抗体
■Blood group antigen Whittle
Whittle血型抗原
■“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”。
■"A moderate recovery thus buys time for Congress and the Administration to whittle the deficit" (G. David Wallace)
“一项适中的补偿措施为国会和政府逐渐减少赤字赢得了时间”(G.戴维·华莱士)
■whittle down a stick
一点一点地削细木棒
■Profits are whittle down by the ever-rising cost of energy.
不断增长的能源成本使利润下降。
■7.Don't expect to be hobnobbing with Randy, Paula and Simon.Low-level producers whittle the first round down, and the big guns don't show up until round two.
不要期望Randy,Paula和Simon会手下留情.低火力的削减只会在第一轮出现,大火力的猛攻不会出现直到第2轮(第二轮将会残酷的多)。
■Leaving aside the concern that Beijing did not whittle back state ownership in order to be replaced by Whitehall or Washington, there are other good reasons for foreign banks to divest their stakes.
且不提中国政府没有削减即将为英国或美国政府所取代的国家所有制,外国银行剥离其股权还有其它的充分理由。
■China is also trying to whittle down iron-ore prices in talks with Rio and other suppliers.
中国还试图通过与力拓和其它供应商的谈判削减铁矿石的价格。
■The number of employee be be whittle down In order to reduce cost
为节省开支现正逐渐裁员
■A junior HR officer will typically whittle these down to a long list, spending no more than 15 seconds examining each CV.
人力资源部门的低级员工通常会精减出一份初选名单,他们阅读每份简历的时间不超过15秒.
■They are trying to whittle away our salaries.
他们正著手削减我们的薪水。
■Write out the complete story, he advises, and then whittle it down to a series of concise descriptive bullet points。
他建议,写出整个故事,然后再浓缩为一系列简明扼要的叙述。
■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。
■While the military gap between Chinaand the United Statesmay remain for some time, he argued, China's faster economic growth and increasing political strength may whittle down America's overall advantage.
他辩称,尽管中国和美国相比,军事上还有一段时间的差距,但中国更快的经济增长和日趋强大的政治实力应可削减美国的总体优势。
■Chris Whittle, president of the Edison Project, was also the creator of Channel One.
但事实上爱迪生项目接管和管理了公立学校并产生利润。
■Whittle ignored the query on the farm's actual location.
但他没有正面回应农场的具体位置。
■Whittle and P.Wood.
作者声明: by A.
■Just put a handful of trebuchets in your stacks and you'll be able to whittle down any fortified position to nothing.
你只要放一把投石机在阵营里,就可以无坚不摧了。
■Your article is too long try to whittle it away to half its length.
你的文章太长了,要设法删减到原有长度的一半。
■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。
■Leeds Crown Court was told Whittle wrote offensive articles that were then published on the internet by Sheppard.
利兹刑事法庭被告知维特撰写了攻击性文章,然后由斯帕得在因特网上发布。
■Don't whittle the stick into a short one.
别把木棍削成短的棍。
■Don't whittle the stick down too much or it won't be long enough.
别把那棍削得太多,不然就不够长了。
■cut (down); reduce; slash; whittle down
削减
■whittle down
削减, 逐渐减少
■to whittle down the cost of the project
削减某项工程成本
■to whittle down the cost of a project
削减某项工程的成本
■curtail expenditure; whittle down cost
削减费用
■Whittle a toy boat.
削制成玩具船
■to whittle away the wood
削去木头
■whittle a piece of wood
削木头
■Other ways to whittle down banks are thinkable.
另外一些削减银行的办法是值得考虑的。
■Regulators are working through IOSCO, an international body of securities regulators, to attempt to whittle down these differences.
各国权威机构正通过国际证监会组织来试图消除这些琐碎的区别。
■The same-nation clause of the draw means that we can now whittle our list of potential next-round opponents down to five.
同一联赛不能碰面的规则意味着,我们可以把我们下轮中可能遇到的对手范围减少到5名。
■3. I found, while travelling the world to research a book on the subject, that simple conversation can also whittle out the emotional rules.
在环游世界,为一本该话题的书作调研时,我发现,简单的对话也能揭示情感规则。
■nbsp; crates J,whittle AP. Antegrade interlocking nailing of acute humeral shaft fractures.Clin Orthop 1998;(350):40
姜保国,傅中国,张殿英等.肱骨近端骨折的外科治疗及术后康复.中华创伤杂志,2002,18(3):133
■whittle by whittle. Wilson Whittles well-whittled wood whittle by whittle.
威尔逊在一刨一刨地刨已经被刨子刨好的木头刨子。
■Useful in dealing with units skulking behind walls for protection, or to whittle away besieging troops outside your walls.
它可以杀伤躲在城墙后防守的敌人,也可以攻击城墙外的攻城部队。
■As it turned out, they found hundreds of genes in which the patterns differed systematically, so to whittle the problem down they concentrated on those involved in the function of the mitochondria.
实验结果,他们发现几百对基因有规律地呈现不同形态,从而揭开了他们重点研究的基因对线粒体各功能的影响之谜。
■Useful in dealing with units skulking behind walls for protection, or to whittle away besieging troops outside your own walls.
对躲藏在城墙后的敌人或己方城外的近距离的攻城部队很有效。
■3.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。
■We must whittle down expenses.
我们必须削减开支。
■Major Whittle, a gifted speaker and one with a consuming passion for souls, was invited to be the speaker for these meetings.Hundreds came to the Lord in these revivals.
我想从我母亲遗传下来一些想象的天才,这天才把以赛亚和杰里迈亚二先知的应许披戴在我心上的一种荣光,是言语不能形容的。
■I finally managed to whittle down the names on the list to only five.
我最后总算是把名单上的名字减少到了只有五个。
■Once you’ve identified your core work activities and your top priority for the day, go over your task list and whittle it down to the essentials.
我知道很多人需要一个小时或者更长的时间吃午餐。
whittle away/down
1. 削减; 削弱
They are trying to whittle down our salaries.
他们正着手削减我们的薪水。
习惯用语whittle away[down]1.■薄薄地削去2.■削减, 减弱