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| 1 | to pour a dry substance through a sieve to remove the large pieces 筛滤（固体） |
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| 2 | sift to examine information , documents etc in order to find what you are looking for 仔细检查（信息、文件等） | Sift every grain of information until you find the answer. 仔细审阅每一点信息，直到你找到答案。 | | | 2a | to look in a pile of things in order to find a particular thing 翻查；仔细搜查 | | Bomb experts continue to sift the blast site. 炸弹专家继续检查爆炸现场。 | | |
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| - | ˌsift ˈout |
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| | to remove one part of something 筛出；滤除 | We get a different impression of the economy if we sift out the figures for imports. 如果把进口方面的数字滤除掉，我们对经济的印象就会不同。 | |
| - | ˈsift ˌthrough |
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| | sift 2 | He spent hours sifting through all the documents relating to the case. 他花了数小时仔细审阅与该案件有关的所有文件。 | | They sifted through the rubble, searching for signs of life. 他们在碎石堆里仔细寻找生命的迹象。 | |
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