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单词 winnow
释义  Related topics: Agriculture, Cropswin·now /ˈwɪnəʊ $ -noʊ/ (also winnow down) verb  1 TA[transitive] to make a list, group, or quantity smaller by getting rid of the things that you do not need or want 筛选，选取 SYN whittle down We need to winnow the list of candidates to three. 我们需要把名单上的候选人删减到三位。2.winnow somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb to get rid of the things or people that you do not need or want from a group 筛除〔不想要的人或物〕→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuswinnow• But in government, managers have no incentive to winnow out their product mix.• The Arizona primary was supposed to winnow the field of Republican presidential hopefuls.• Adams has winnowed the list of contestants to 12.• Again the problem is to winnow these down to manageable proportions.Origin winnow Old English windwianwin·now verbChineseSyllable  to make group, or Corpus a smaller by list, quantity
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