He was very good at whittling, too.

当然他也很会削木头。

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。

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。

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。

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。

He had almost finished whittling the stave into shape, when he realized with a start that he was singing-singing!

他差不多把根棍子削成了弓体，忽然意识到自己唱起歌来了，吃了一惊。唱歌！

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？

It is two hundred years since Franz began his whittling, but the people of Toy Valley are still making the little animals.

自弗朗茨开始雕刻以来，已经过去200年了，但是玩具谷的人们还在做着小动物的雕像。

And because, the Evil King is always whittling away at the structure of the state.

因为，邪恶的国王总是在削弱国家的结构。

The fight over redistricting was sparked by Democrats whittling away at the GOP's dominance in Georgia over past election cycles.

重新划分选区的斗争是由民主党在过去的选举周期中削弱共和党在格鲁吉亚的主导地位引发的。

It was much quicker than drilling holes and whittling pegs and driving them into the holes.

这比钻孔和削钉子然后将它们钉入孔中要快得多。

He was clever at whittling and Wade was constantly by his side, for he whittled out toys for him, the only toys the little boy had.

他手很巧，会用刀子削刻东西，给韦德做了这孩子仅有的几个玩具。因此韦德整天在他身边。

I've enjoyed embracing my capsule wardrobe, whittling down my grocery list to the absolute essentials, and surviving on a few extra loads of laundry a month to keep my space clean.

我喜欢拥抱我的胶囊衣橱，将我的购物清单削减到绝对必需品，并每月多洗几件衣服以保持我的空间清洁。

The inside of the store was almost like Bullard's store in Jonesboro, except that there were no loungers about the roaring red-hot stove, whittling and spitting streams of tobacco juice at the sand boxes.

店铺里面就像布拉德在琼斯博罗的那店似的，只是这里烧得哔剥作响的炉子周围没有闲人在消遣和向沙箱里吐烟草法。

If you need a break during the day, the intros are also popular with people that need a break while they're doing the dishes or they're just sitting around or lying on the floor or writing code or whittling or whatever.

如果您白天需要休息一下，简介也很受那些在洗碗时需要休息的人的欢迎，或者他们只是坐在或躺在地板上或写代码或削边或其他什么的时候。