whittling

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动词现在分词: whittling

更多词形：

名词: whittler | 动词过去式: whittled | 动词过去分词: whittled | 动词现在分词: whittling | 动词第三人称单数: whittles |

单词例句：

But, combined with a stranglehold on themonasteries, and other repressive measures aimed at whittling down the numbersof protesters, they might be enough to show, once again, that resistance isfutile.

但是，鉴于佛寺受到限制，以及目的在于削弱示威的力量的其他镇压措施，这一切也许足以再一次说明抵抗是无用的。

6.Some changes have involved a lengthy process of whittling down barriers to equal treatment.

6. 有的变化是一个长期的，消除平等障碍的过程。

Archie's whittling annoyed her and she frowned at him.

阿尔奇在那里削木头，她也感到不舒服，对着他直皱眉头。

DI just needed to finish this whittling.

|我只是要把这个削完。

1.shape (stone or wood, for example) by whittling away at it.

在木头或者石头上削使之成形。

He considered the guarantee deposit system not only whittling away companies' operating fund of but also discouraging investors, which is detrimental to companies' competitiveness.

党主席田北俊亦表示，设立保证金制度非长远的解决良方，政府应重新检讨整个基金的运作。

Nervous motion was turned productive, as it is in knitting or whittling.

紧张的动作变得有效率，就像缝纫和削木头。

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.

当一个欺负者天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。

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。