whittled is whittle's Past Tense

whittle

US [ˈhwɪt(ə)l]
UK ['wɪt(ə)l]
  • v.切；削；减少；损害 (down； away)
  • n.屠刀；〈英方,古〉切肉用大刀
  • Web削成
Simple Present：whittles  Present Participle：whittling  Past Tense：whittled  

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v.
1.
切;削;削减,减少;削瘦,损害 (down; away)
n.
1.
〈英方,古〉切肉用大刀;屠刀

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1.
He took a square block of wood and whittled it down to form the hull of a model boat.
他拿起一方块状木头，将它削成一个模型船的船身。
tā ná qǐ yī fāng kuài zhuàng mù tóu , jiāng tā xiāo chéng yī gè mó xíng chuán de chuán shēn 。
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2.
Dell, by not working through retail outlets, is still more efficient, but the cost benefits that this once brought have been whittled away.
戴尔公司不依靠零售代理，仍然非常的高效，不过这种销售方式曾经给它带来的生产成本优势却不复存在了。
dài ěr gōng sī bù yī kào líng shòu dài lǐ , réng rán fēi cháng de gāo xiào , bú guò zhè zhǒng xiāo shòu fāng shì céng jīng gěi tā dài lái de shēng chǎn chéng běn yōu shì què bù fù cún zài le 。
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3.
presents: To Harry from Hagrid: a roughly cut wooden flute that sounded a bit like an owl. Hagrid had whittled it, himself.
礼物：海格送给哈利的礼物：一只做工很粗糙的木笛，吹起来的声音有点像猫头鹰叫。海格自己动手做的。
lǐ wù : hǎi gé sòng gěi hā lì de lǐ wù : yī zhī zuò gōng hěn cū cāo de mù dí , chuī qǐ lái de shēng yīn yǒu diǎn xiàng māo tóu yīng jiào 。 hǎi gé zì jǐ dòng shǒu zuò de 。
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4.
Before he knows it, he has whittled his stick down to a toothpick, which snaps in his hands.
他不知不觉把那块木头削得像牙签一样细，在他的手中折断了。
tā bù zhī bù jué bǎ nà kuài mù tóu xiāo de xiàng yá qiān yí yàng xì , zài tā de shǒu zhōng zhé duàn le 。
5.
It was on this voyage that he conceived the idea of the revolver and whittled out a wooden model.
正是在此航程中，他所构思的想法的佩枪及whittled了一个木制模型。
zhèng shì zài cǐ háng chéng zhōng , tā suǒ gòu sī de xiǎng fǎ de pèi qiāng jí whittled le yī gè mù zhì mó xíng 。
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6.
Suddenly, an impressive printout looks like a very thin reed on which to hang your future, while your account is being whittled away.
突然，你从打印的结果发现好像把你的未来放在这根稻草上也不行，然而你的账户已经少了很多。
tū rán , nǐ cóng dǎ yìn de jié guǒ fā xiàn hǎo xiàng bǎ nǐ de wèi lái fàng zài zhè gēn dào cǎo shàng yě bù xíng , rán ér nǐ de zhàng hù yǐ jīng shǎo le hěn duō 。
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7.
They whittled down the enemy's military and economic strength in a war of attrition.
他们通过消耗战削弱敌人的军事和经济力量。
tā men tōng guò xiāo hào zhàn xuē ruò dí rén de jūn shì hé jīng jì lì liang 。
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8.
Others in Washington and throughout Asia can only hope that too much U. S. leverage on China is not whittled away in the meantime.
华盛顿的其他人以及那些亚洲国家，就只能希望美国对中国的平衡不会一起被过度削弱。
huá shèng dùn de qí tā rén yǐ jí nà xiē yà zhōu guó jiā , jiù zhǐ néng xī wàng měi guó duì zhōng guó de píng héng bú huì yì qǐ bèi guò dù xuē ruò 。
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9.
We then whittled it down to just a phone conversation, and that was turned down, too.
我们然后只能把这段感情缩减到一个电话，但是最后连电话都取消了。
wǒ men rán hòu zhǐ néng bǎ zhè duàn gǎn qíng suō jiǎn dào yī gè diàn huà , dàn shì zuì hòu lián diàn huà dōu qǔ xiāo le 。
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10.
One of his legs was gone at the knee and to the stump was fitted a roughly whittled wooden peg.
他有一条腿被平膝截掉了，马马虎虎地装上了一段木头。
tā yǒu yī tiáo tuǐ bèi píng xī jié diào le , mǎ mǎ hū hū de zhuāng shàng le yí duàn mù tóu 。
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