prune away

• • 修剪掉(树枝等)：

    He prunes away the branches that don't bear fruits.

    他把那些不结果的树枝剪掉。

  • 因不必要而去掉：

    If you could prune away the unnecessary adjectives in this essay, it would be improved.

    如果你把论文中不必要的形容词删去，会使文章更好。