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

• Narrow down your activities to one or two to keep things in check.
  控制一下，把你的活动压缩到一两项。
• Naturally, it makes sense to narrow down the set of documents first and then evaluate the relevant subset.
  一种合理的做法是先缩小文档集的范围然后再计算相关的子集。
• 'The whole idea is to narrow down and select the place that is best for you,'Dr.
  网站的构想就是帮你挑选最适合自己的度假地点。
• They are just able to narrow down the scope.
  只能把范围缩小一点而已。
• I cannot narrow down the rules for this game.
  我不能限制这场比赛的规则。
• If you can narrow down this list, you should.
  如果可以缩减列表，应该尽量缩减。
• 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。
• The emergency maintenance periods are to restore stability while we continue to narrow down the cause of the problems.
  周期性的紧急维护阶段是恢复服务器的稳定性，同时我们可以缩小问题产生原因的范围。
• We're working to narrow down the list of possible suspects.
  我们正努力缩小嫌疑犯的范围。