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词组 whittle
释义 whittle /ˈwɪtl/ SEE ALLˌwhittle sth aˈway ( ˌwhittle aˈway at sth) to gradually reduce the size, importance or value of sth 削减,降低,减少(大小、重要性或价值)Inflation has been whittling away their savings.
通货膨胀使他们的积蓄不断贬值。
Our lead (= in a sports competition, for example) was being gradually whittled away.
我们的领先优势在逐渐缩小。
[v + adv + n] [v + n/pron + adv]
ˌwhittle sb/sth ˈdownto reduce the size or number of sb/sth gradually 逐渐减少,逐渐缩减(大小或数目)The government’s majority has been whittled down to eight.
政府多数票逐渐减少到了八票。
SYN reduce sb/sth[v + adv + n] [v + n/pron + adv]
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