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.

当岩石缓慢地被成细小的卵石颗粒时，就形成了沙子。

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，几经批删，坡林先成诗十分精悍。

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

到了更期，卵子数量会低于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”通常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721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。

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

例如，您可以将选择减少到两个， 然后掷硬币。

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

作为对他的教子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。

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子怎么合 他们一度想办法。

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 ，这些名单将缩减为 20 名作者。

Madison had dreams of whittling down the national debt, as Gallatin had done between 1802 and 1809.

麦迪逊曾梦想削减国债, 就像加拉廷在1802至1809间所做的那样。