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whit.tle (obj)HhwIt76, $5hwIt-vto make (something) out of a piece of wood by cutting off small thin pieces削制，削成An old sailor sat on the dockside, whittling a toy boat.一个老水手坐在码头边，削着一只玩具小船。To whittle away (at) something or to whittle something away is to make it gradually smaller or less important or effective.削减，削弱Every year, management whittles away at the number of jobs in the company.每年，管理机构都削减公司的职务数量。In the second half of the race, the Italian driver began to whittle away Mansell's five-second lead.在比赛的下半部分，这位意大利赛车手开始削弱曼塞尔保持的5秒领先优势。A series of new laws has gradually whittled away basic human rights in the country.一系列新的法律已逐渐削弱了该国的基本人权。To whittle down something or whittle something down is to make it gradually smaller.使缩小By half time Argentina had whittled the gap down to one goal.到半场结束时，阿根廷队已将差距缩小到了一球。
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