查询词典 whittling

As we move into the new year, we are whittling down the number of interested parties to maybe a handful of serious groups.

随着进入2010年，我们从众多有兴趣的投资人中选取了一些有诚意的集团。

For years, US consumers have been waiting for this day: modern technology and access to cheap foreign imports are whittling down prices on everything from clothing to computers, to shiny new cars.

美国的消费者对今天这种情况等待已久：现代技术和外国廉价商品的进口使所有商品的价格大幅下降，从服装到电脑，到闪亮的新汽车。

Globalisation, far from whittling away the state, has often ended up boosting it.

全球化远未削弱政府，反而常是强化了政府作用。

It's natural to feel fearful when a bully is undermining and disempowering you daily by whittling away at your self-confidence and self-esteem.

当一个欺负者每天通过削弱你的自信和自尊的方式来逐渐破坏你的心理，让你失去力量，这时，感到害怕是自然的。

I think it is fair to say as we now move into the new year we are whittling down the interest to a smaller number - maybe a handful of serious groups who are interested in investing in Liverpool.

我认为现在公平地说进入新年的我们正在把股权降低很少的一部分，可能这时候一些小数的大集团会对利物浦感兴趣

But even mathematics Mr. Keith made interesting; he succeeded in whittling problems small enough to get through my brain.

但即使这样，凯斯先生也教得趣味盎然，并且深入浅出，让我能够完全理解。

Also they were slyly whittling down the power of the Corleone Family, muscling into their gambling

他们试试考利昂的反应，发现这个家族软弱无力，于是着手建立他们自己的彩票赌博登记站。

Whittling down the glut of South American and African lumber has been a lengthy process because 2009 demand for most species has been well below 2007-2008 levels.

消耗多余的南美和非洲板材已经变成是一个长期过程，因为2009年对多数木材的需求已经明显的低于2007-2008的水准。

That may not be huge in the context of its $240bn of foreign exchange reserves, but whittling back the dollar kitty escalates concerns about Korea's $175bn of short-term liabilities.

考虑到韩国2400亿美元的外汇储备规模，这个数字或许不算巨大，但美元储备的下降，加剧了人们对韩国1750亿美元短期债务的担忧。

Moreover—and this is the surprising bit of the argument—there is reason to hope that the council's five veto-wielding permanent members are entering a period during which they may see the point of whittling away more of their differences.

但是该机构并不总是意见不统一。非但如此，我们还有理由希望安理会拥有否决权的五大常任理事之间的关系会进入一个了解对方、减少分歧的新时代。而这正是争论带来的让人惊讶的结果。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。