narrow down

英 [ˈnærəʊ daʊn]

美 [ˈnæroʊ daʊn]

缩减; 压缩; 减小

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 缩减;压缩;减小
  If younarrow downa range of things, you reduce the number of things included in it.
  1. What's happened is that the new results narrow down the possibilities...
     现有的情况是，新的结果缩小了可能性的范围。
  2. I've managed to narrow the list down to twenty-three.
     我已设法把清单上的项目压缩到了23项。

英英释义

verb

• become more focus on an area of activity or field of study
  1. She specializes in Near Eastern history
  Synonym:specializespecialisenarrow
• define clearly
  1. I cannot narrow down the rules for this game
  Synonym:pin downpeg downnail downnarrowspecify

双语例句

• We're working to narrow down the list of possible suspects.
  我们正努力缩小嫌疑犯的范围。
• You can enable and disable this trace dynamically, which should help when trying to narrow down a problem.
  可以动态地启用和禁用这种跟踪，在缩小问题范围的时候这样做会有所帮助。
• Similar to Open Type, you can use wildcard characters or abbreviations to quickly narrow down the list of resources.
  类似于OpenType，您可以使用通配符或缩写来快速缩小列表中的资源范围。
• Meantime, I'm gonna narrow down that list.
  这其间，我会缩小名单范围。
• Finally, Exhibit offers facets, a set of tools to help users search and narrow down the data to find what they need.
  最后，Exhibit提供了facet，这是一组工具，可用来帮助用户搜索和缩小搜索范围以便找到他们所需的数据。
• In such a situation, the first step is to narrow down the root cause of the memory leak to one or a few components.
  在这种情况下，第一个步骤是将内存泄漏的根源限制到一个或几个组件。
• Answering these questions will help narrow down a set of domains that you are excited about.
  回答这些问题将有助于缩小自己感兴趣的领域。
• This is how voters narrow down that field from a bunch of candidates to eventually just one.
  这就是如何从许多候选人中逐渐缩小范围直到最后剩下一个赢家的过程。
• Fortunately, WebSphere MQ provides some additional tools to narrow down the scope of who can connect.
  幸运的是，WebSphereMQ提供了一些附加工具，它们缩小了可以连接的范围。
• I've managed to narrow the list down to twenty-three.
  我已设法把清单上的项目压缩到了23项。