The once numerous field of presidential candidates has been whittled down.

总统候选人现在已经减少了，而之前还有很多。

Some businesses are using artificial intelligence to whittle down a field of job applicants.

一些企业正在使用人工智能者进行筛选。

We whittled it down over time and picked two on last Friday.

随着时间的推移，我们慢慢筛选，并在上周五挑选了两个。

As often happens in Italy, a daunting punishment has been whittled down to a mild reproof.

正如意大利的一贯作风，一项骇人的刑罚会逐渐缩水，最后变成温和的责备。

After that, ballots are sent out and the nominations are whittled down by Academy members.

而后选票被送出去, 提名经由学院成员削减。

So, I whittled down the serious candidates to a shortlist of twelve people.

所，我把有实力的候选人缩减到12人。

In the primaries, voters can whittle down a list of candidates who are running.

在初选中，选民可削减参选候选人的名单。

Sand is made when rocks are slowly whittled down into tiny little pebble grains.

当岩石缓慢地被磨成细小的石颗粒时，就形成了沙。

Eight years in the making, Mr Paulin's poetry has been whittled down over years of revision.

历时8年，几经批删，坡林先生成诗十分精悍。

When the menopause arrives, that has been whittled down below 1,000, which are likely to be duds.

到了更年期，量会低于1000，并且很可能质量很低。

They found that individuals had preferences for different kinds of drumsticks usually distinctively whittled down from small branches.

他们发现，每只棕榈凤头鹦鹉不同种类的“打击乐器”有偏好，这些“打击乐器”通常是从小树枝上削下来的。

But most people might not spend their newfound free time in self-driving cars whittling down their to-do lists.

但是，大多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。

Confronted with the unknown, human beings generate a chaotic mass of hypotheses that gradually gets whittled down through observation and experiment.

面未知，人类会提出大量不合理的假设，再通过观察和实验逐渐剥茧抽丝得出结论。

The number of contenders will be whittled down to two before lawmakers break up for the summer recess on July 21.

在7月21日国会议员夏季休会之前，竞选人将会减少到2人。

For example, you can whittle down your choices to just two and then flip a coin.

例如，您可将选择减少到两个， 然后掷硬币。

One study determined that hordes of zombies would whittle down earth's population to just a few hundred survivors in only 100 days.

一项研究表明，成群结队的僵尸将在短短100天内将地球上的人口减少到只剩几百个幸存者。

As punishment for his Godson’s foolish attempt to master mortality, Death whittled his candle down to its wick.

作为他的教试图控制死亡的愚蠢尝试的惩罚，死神把他的蜡烛削成了灯芯。

These nominations become a longlist of 200 authors who are whittled down to a shortlist of 20 by April.

这些提名成为 200 名作者的长名单，到 4 月，这些名单将缩减为 20 名作者。

And never since the founders four Were whittled down to three Have the houses been united As they once were meant to be.

如果没有四祖先 被削减到三个这个房怎么合 他们一度想办法。

This money is to pay a factory to make our cupcake T-shirts, and I've whittled it down to three.

这钱是来生产咱们纸杯蛋糕衣服的，我已经把范围缩小到三家了。