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词族 · whittle
中文词源
whittle 削
可能来自whet,磨，使锋利。
英语词源
- whittle (v.)
- 1550s, "to cut thin shavings from (something) with a knife," from Middle English whittel "a knife," especially a large one (c. 1400), variant of thwittle (late 14c.), from Old English þwitan "to cut," from Proto-Germanic *thwit- (cognates: Old Norse þveita "to hew"), from PIE root *twei- "to agitate, shake, toss." Figurative sense is attested from 1746. Related: Whittled; whittling.
权威例句
- 1. The president has agreed to whittle down his proposal.
- 总统已经同意减少他的提案。
- 2. I believe that the Government's general aim is to whittle away the Welfare State.
- 我认为政府总的目的是要削弱福利国家体制。
- 3. Their approach is to whittle away at the evidence to show reasonable doubt.
- 他们的做法是要削弱证据的说服力以提出合理的质疑。
- 4. They are trying to whittle down our salaries.
- 他们正着手削减我们的薪水.
- 5. He began to whittle away all powers of the government that he did not control.
- 他开始削弱他所未能控制的一切政府权力.