winnow
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you winnow a group of things or people, you reduce its size by separating the ones that are useful or relevant from the ones that are not. 篩選; 遴選[文學(xué)性]
Administration officials have winnowed the list of candidates to three. 行政官員將候選人名單篩減到三人。
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winnow /?w?n??/ (winnowing,winnowed,winnows)
劍橋詞典
- to blow the chaff (= the outer coverings ) from grain before it can be used as food
敭,簸(穀物)
formal
to reduce a large number of people or things to a much smaller number by judging their quality
篩選,挑選
A list of 15 applicants has been winnowed down to three. 15名候選人已經(jīng)篩選到衹賸3人。
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