| 词汇 | whittle-down |
| 释义 | whittle something downphrasal verb with whittleverb[ T ]uk /ˈwɪt.əl/ us /ˈwɪt̬.əl/ to gradually reduce the size of something or the number of people in a group: 使缩小；使（人数）减少 We had 80 applicants for the job, but we've whittled them down to six.这个职位我们有80位申请者，我们已经将其筛减到了6位。 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 |
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