to the bone

We went to build a snowman but before it was half finished I was chilled to the bone.

我们去堆雪人，但还未堆完一半时，我已感到寒气刺骨了。

The workforce has been pared to the bone (= reduced to the lowest possible level) .

公司员工已被裁减到极限。

The workers worked themselves to the bone for the capitalists.

工人们为资本家卖命.

The bus service has been pared to the bone.

公共汽车公司已经缩减到最低限度.

When father lost his job, our living expenses had to be cut to the bone.

父亲失业后，我们不得不把生活费用减低到最低限度。

A vicious price war between manufacturers has cut margins to the bone.

制造商之间的恶性价格战已将利润削减到了最低。

I'm frozen to the bone out here.

我在这里快冻死了。

I'll work my fingers to the bone till I pay back all my debts.

我要拼命地工作直到把借款还清.

The jolt seemed to jar every bone in her body.

这震动似乎把她浑身上下每根骨头都弄疼了。

Indeed, they report, FSH stimulates receptors found on the surface of bone-degrading osteoclasts and their precursors, leading to the bone cells'formation and function.

事实上，FSH刺激破骨细胞和破骨细胞前体细胞表面的受体，促进骨细胞产生及发挥功能。

The knife wound penetrated to the bone.

刀伤深至骨头.

Let's go home, I'm chilled to the bone.

咱们回家吧，我感到寒气刺骨。

The bone failed to knit correctly.

骨头愈合得不好。

The bitter wind chills one to the bone.

寒风彻骨.

X ray demonstrated a large dense mushroom shaped mass shadow attached to the bone cortex, with a clear lucent zone between the mass and underlying cortex in some cases. CT scanning confirmed the medullary involvement in 6 cases ( 26%).

X线显示为附着于干骺端骨皮质表面生长的广基性蘑菇状致密肿块影，部分病例于肿块和其下骨皮质间可见狭窄的透亮带，CT证实6例伴有髓内累及（26%）。

Our budget has been pared to the bone.

我们的预算额已削减到最低限度.

My students are working their fingers to the bone preparing their final examination.

我的学生都在拚命工作,为准备期终考而努力.

With characteristic rashness and valor, Peter plunged into the icy water.

以他惯有的冲动和勇气，彼得一头扎进了冰冷的水中。

Some of their offences are so awful they would chill the blood.

他们的一些罪行骇人听闻，简直令人毛骨悚然。

It has survived by cutting its costs to the bone

它通过最大限度地降低运营成本生存了下来。

The freezing weather chilled me to the bone.

寒冷的天气使我感到冰冷刺骨.

What I saw chilled me to the bone.

我看到的景象令我不寒而栗。

It has survived by cutting its costs to the bone.

它通过最大限度地降低运营成本生存了下来。

Her fingers were stiff with cold inside her leather gloves.

她的手指在皮手套里冻得僵硬。

Profit margins have been slashed to the bone in an attempt to keep turnover moving.

为了维持资金周转，利润率已被降为最低。

The workforce has been pared to the bone.

公司员工已被裁减到极限。

Some of your comments about her appearance were a bit close to the bone.

你对她外貌的评论有点太露骨了.

The cold pierced him to the bone.

他感到寒冷刺骨.

He collapsed into the nearest chair.

他倒在离他最近的那张椅子上.

The story was very close to the bone and most embarrassing.

这个故事很下流,让人极其难堪.