| 词汇 | whittle-away-at |
| 释义 | whittle away at somethingphrasal verb with whittleverb[ T ]uk /ˈwɪt.əl/ us /ˈwɪt̬.əl/ to gradually reduce the size or importance of something: 削减；削弱 These measures will whittle away at the budget deficit.这些方法将会逐渐减少预算赤字。 Becoming and making smaller or less abridgment attenuate attenuated attenuating attenuation compress contraction dwindle dwindling ease ease someone's mindidiom ease up/off halve recede reduce reducible reduction resize trough tumble whittle away (at) something | American Dictionarywhittle away (at) somethingidiom(alsowhittle something down) to gradually make something smaller or less important: We’ve whittled away at our debts. By halftime their lead had been whittled down to two points. |
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