whittled的例句大全

They screened these by assuming that a taste receptor would only be found in a small number of tissue types ( specifically tongue taste cells). That whittled the list down to900.

他们通过假设味觉受体应该只在很少种类的组织（特别是舌味觉细胞）中被发现，把名单缩减到900个。

He whittled a new handle for his ax

他给斧头削了一个新把手。

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。

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。

The government's majority has been whittled down to eight.

政府多数票减少到了八票。

By half time Argentina had whittled the gap down to one goal.

到半场结束时，阿根廷队已将差距缩小到了一球。

Inflation has whittled away the value of savings.

通货膨胀降低了存款的价值。

Whittled down the debt by making small payments.

通过小额支付来削减债务。

This year China whittled down its list of crimes punishable by death.

今年，中国也减少了死刑名单上的人数。

One of his legs was gone at the knee and to the stump was fitted a roughly whittled wooden peg.

他有一条腿被平膝截掉了，马马虎虎地装上了一段木头。

Rainwear became so important to Burberry that the company soon whittled its lines down to little more than trench coats and tailored menswear for much of the20th century.

防水衣对巴宝莉变得尤为重要，公司很快便削减了生产线，在20世纪的大部分时间里，几乎只生产风衣和定制男装。

Our lead ( = in a sports competition , for example ) was being gradually whittled away.

我们的领先优势在逐渐削弱.

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。

We've whittled down a mass of evidence and produced two clear leads.

我们清理了一大堆证据，理出了两个清晰的线索。

Reuters reported earlier yesterday that the final shortlist has been whittled down to eight.

路透社（Reuters）昨日早些时候报道称，最终入围名单已被减至8家。

Z-Ben, a fund management consultancy, calculates that the average equity-focussed fund has whittled back its equity holdings by nine percentage points in the past three quarters, to 70 per cent.

基金管理咨询公司z-ben估计，在过去3个季度，股票型基金的持股比例已经降低了9个百分点，至70%。

Two and a half years just whittled down to one tiny.

两年半的恋情最后只剩下了。

reports of defections suggest that the regime is being whittled away. the latest renegades included 17 footballers.

那些对叛变者的报导是卡扎菲政权正在不断消减的最好证明，最近的叛变者包括17名足球队员。

british consumers have enjoyed a decade of deflation as value retailers such as primark and supermarkets have whittled away prices, while china's emergence as a manufacturing base brought the cheap clothing that has reshaped the high street.

由于Primark等折扣零售商与超市不断削低价格，而中国崛起成为制造业基地带来了重塑大众市场的廉价服装，英国消费者享受了十年的价格下跌。

He whittled a simple toy from the piece of wood.

他把那块木头削成了一个简易的玩具。