The once numerous field of presidential candidates has been whittled down.

总统候选人现在已经减少了，而之前还有很多。

As often happens in Italy, a daunting punishment has been whittled down to a mild reproof.

正如意大利的一贯作风，一项骇人的刑罚会逐渐缩水，最后变成温和的责备。

Sand is made when rocks are slowly whittled down into tiny little pebble grains.

当岩石缓慢地被磨成细小的卵石颗粒时，就形成了沙子。

Eight years in the making, Mr Paulin's poetry has been whittled down over years of revision.

历时8年，几经批删，坡林先生成诗十分精悍。

When the menopause arrives, that has been whittled down below 1,000, which are likely to be duds.

到了更年期，卵子数量会低于1000，并且很可能质量很低。

They found that individuals had preferences for different kinds of drumsticks usually distinctively whittled down from small branches.

他们发现，每只棕榈凤头鹦鹉对不同种类的“打击乐器”有偏好，这些“打击乐器”通常是从小树枝上削下来的。

Some businesses are using artificial intelligence to whittle down a field of job applicants.

一些企业正在使用人工智能对申请者进行筛选。

He was very good at whittling, too.

当然他也很会削木头。

We whittled it down over time and picked two on last Friday.

随着时间的推移，我们慢慢筛选，并在上周五挑选了两个。

After that, ballots are sent out and the nominations are whittled down by Academy members.

而后选票被送出去, 提名经由学院成员削减。

So, I whittled down the serious candidates to a shortlist of twelve people.

所以，我把有实力的候选人缩减到12人。

He whittled and listened, gave monosyllabic replies, and, when it was asked, terse advice.

他一边削，一边听，嘴里嗯、嗯地应着，哈尔发问时，他便简短地给几句忠告。

In the primaries, voters can whittle down a list of candidates who are running.

在初选中，选民可以削减参选候选人的名单。

Tory MPs are whittling the field of candidates, the most diverse ever, down to two.

保守党议员们正在将候选人的范围从有史以来的最大范围缩减到两位。

To make them, our ancestors sharpened stone or bone tips and whittled sticks into a shaft.

为了制作它们，我们的祖先把石头或骨头尖削尖，把棍子削成一个轴。

And if you hold credit card debt, whittle it down, pay it off, then swear it off.

如果你持有信用卡债务，减少债务，还清债务，然后发誓不再负债。

John Thornton was whittling the last touches on an axe-handle he had made from a stick of birch.

约翰·桑顿在用桦木棍做斧头柄，正在进行最后的几刀。

But most people might not spend their newfound free time in self-driving cars whittling down their to-do lists.

但是，大多数人可能不会将新获得的自由时间花费在用自动驾驶汽车削减待办事项上。

We haven't fully recouped all the jobs lost, but we're whittling away at it much more rapidly.

我们还没有完全恢复所有失去的工作岗位，但我们正在以更快的速度减少失业。

One day as the boy was whittling, his grandfather said, " Why don't you make an animal, Franz? "

一天，弗朗茨正在削木头，他的祖父说，弗朗茨啊为什么不刻个小动物出来呢？