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对申请者进行筛选。

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, 提名经由院成员削减。

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

所以，我把有实力的候选人缩减到12人。

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卵石颗粒时，就形成了。

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。

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

在初选中，选民可以削减参选候选人的名单。

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，卵数量会低于1000，并且很可能质量很低。

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。

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

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

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

面对未知，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，竞选人数将会减少到2人。

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。

They can do liability management exercises to try to whittle down the debt.

他们可以通过负债管理措施来尝试削减债务。

Your 30s is like when it... It whittles down to who's going to be there.

你的30多岁就像是一个筛选过程，最终只剩下那些真正会留在你身边的人。

And I had to whittle it down to 12 of who are the interesting characters.

我不得不从中筛选出12位，他们都是那些引人入胜的角色。

When you say he whittled you down and what is that like?

你说他逐渐削弱了你的意志，那是什感觉？

They'll whittle it down to a third of those sketches that are supposedly the best.

他们会将草图数量削减至原数量的三分之一，只保留那些被认为是最优秀的。