whittling

whittling

1. 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。

2. DI just needed to finish this whittling.

|我只是要把这个削完。

3. The mere thought can conjure up ideas of hand-cranking appliances and whittling your own kitchen table.

不经意间的想法能让人想到手摇装置，使你的橱房餐桌面积逐渐变小。

4. An innocent intimacy, enhanced by the way he was carving, like a boy whittling a stick.

他像一个男孩那样在修削木块，使这种亲密感觉更加显得单纯。

5. He is whittling down the branch with a knife to make a handle for his hoe.

他在用刀削树枝做一把锄头柄。

6. Translate the following sentence into Chinese, 'But it's a real person who can give you power to focus on whittling a problem down to size.

但是还是现实的人能给你力量,让你集中精力来把问题简化。

7. 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。

8. 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。

9. By whittling off unwanted parts, the car's performance will be brought into full play

削去累赘的部分能最大限度地提高该汽车的性能。

10. 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。

11. Whittling away at oneself in a dream state is not unusual.Many people find themselves acquiring different forms of handicaps in dreams.

在梦中蚕食自己并非少见，许多人在梦中发现他们得到不同形式的残疾。

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

在（如，木头或者石头）上削使之成形

13. As you might guess, if his hair is thinning out, 39 his ego is most likely whittling down too. But on the bright side, hes probably more empathetic.

如同你所猜测的，假如他的头发稀薄，39他的自尊非常有可能也削减了。但想想光明的一面，他可能更有感同身受的心。

14. Andrew especially liked to follow the stream back to a flat rock, where he would sit, whittling and thinking.

安德鲁尤其喜欢沿着小溪走到一块平滑的石块那儿坐下来，边削树枝边沉思。

15. 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。

16. For many years, labor had to be content with whittling away at the principle of unrestricted immigration.

很多年，劳动者不得不满足于逐渐削弱对移民不加限制的原则。

17. Both Rell and majority Democrats have said they are pleased so much of the surplus was spent on key initiatives, such as whittling down the state's unfunded liability for the teachers' pension fund.

瑞尔和大部分民主党人士都说，他们非常高兴看到这么多的政府盈余用在重点项目中，例如履行政府对教师津贴基金的责任。

18. The chopping test is to be conducted with 2x4 construction grade wood stud.The 2x4 may be either hand held or clamped into a vise or other safe devise.A chopping motion (no whittling) is to be used.

砍的试验是用2＊4等级建筑用的木头块完成的，木块可以用手拿着，也可以用老虎钳或其它安全设施夹着，使用砍的动作（而不是削）。

19. Researchers can make nanowires either by growing them from the bottom up or by etching them from the top down, akin to whittling toothpicks from a log.

研究人员可以让奈米导线从底部往上增长，或用从上到下的蚀刻法（这种方法有点像从原木上削切出牙签）。

20. 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。

21. But Russia has spent the past months whittling away the proposed list.

而俄罗斯过去数月一直在削减提出的制裁清单。

22. Inflation has been whittling away their savings.

通货膨胀使他们的积蓄不断减少。

23. Chris was a slender blond who was whittling away. He stood there all during the picture.

那个身材削瘦，金发碧眼的男青年叫克里斯，他一直在不停地削木头。整个片子中他一直都在那里。“

24. Come back to it and make it more beautiful by whittling away the unnecessary.

重新开始，将繁缛的细节去掉，使作品更加完美。

25. 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。