whittle是什么意思_whittle怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

whittle (v.): 1550s, "to cut thin shavings from (something) with a knife," from Middle English whittel "a knife," especially a large one (c. 1400), variant of thwittle (late 14c.), from Old English þwitan "to cut," from Proto-Germanic *thwit- (cognates: Old Norse þveita "to hew"), from PIE root *twei- "to agitate, shake, toss." Figurative sense is attested from 1746. Related: Whittled; whittling.

词态变化

第三人称单数 whittles;
过去式 whittled;
过去分词 whittled;
现在分词 whittling;

2. I believe that the Government"s general aim is to whittle away the Welfare State.: 我认为政府总的目的是要削弱福利国家体制。

3. Their approach is to whittle away at the evidence to show reasonable doubt.: 他们的做法是要削弱证据的说服力以提出合理的质疑。

5. He began to whittle away all powers of the government that he did not control.: 他开始削弱他所未能控制的一切政府权力.

whittle down 削减

whittle away 切削

whittle away phr. 削减，减少，降低

whittle down v. 削减

frank whittle n. (= Frank Whittle) 弗兰克·惠特尔

whittle the field down 逐渐减少

sir frank whittle phr. 弗兰克·惠特尔爵士

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