Whittle
[ '(h)witl ]
出國 Abroad
v. 切，削（木頭）;削弱;減少;
n. 屠刀;
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Profits are whittled down by the ever-rising cost of energy.
能源成本的不斷上升使利潤下降。
Profit be whittle down by the ever - rising cost of energy
能源成本的不斷上升使利潤下降
whittle down a stick
一點一點地削細木棒
whittle away a fortune
耗費資財
He began to whittle away all powers of the government that he did not control.
他開始削弱他所未能控制的一切政府權力。
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【記】whit-一點兒,tle:一點兒一點兒的減少→逐漸減少
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whittle
v
1
(a) [Ipr, Tn]
~ (at) sth cut thin slices or strips off (wood, etc) 削（木頭等）.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ A (from B); ~ B (into A) make or shape (sth) by doing this 削成（某物）
whittling a tent-peg from a branch/a branch into a tent-peg 把樹枝削成帳篷釘.
2 (phr v) whittle sth away gradually remove or decrease sth 逐漸削減某事物
Inflation has whittled away their savings. 通貨膨脹蠶食了他們的積蓄. whittle sth down
(a) make sth thinner by cutting off fine slices with a knife 用刀將某物削薄.
(b) reduce the size of sth gradually 逐漸減少某事物
The number of employees is being whittled down in order to reduce costs. 為節省開支現正逐漸裁員.
?? 擴展釋義
*['hwitl]vt. 逐漸削薄, 削整, 削弱, 削減vi. 削木頭n. 大刀, 屠刀
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The times have been very bad.
時機一直很壞。
When did you do homework?
你什么時候做家庭作業？
I want to take a walk along the river bank, singing my favorite songs.
我想在河邊散步，唱我喜歡的歌。