英语词汇“to narrow down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. transitive. to narrow down: to reduce in scope or number; to reduce (a set of possibilities, choices, candidates, etc.) by progressively eliminating certain elements or groups of elements.

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1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) VIII. Coll. Sentiments 341 Love and Gratitude will not be narrow'd down to mere family-considerations.

1834 W. A. Caruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. II. viii. 95 The mind of a firm and courageous man..seems always to be narrowed down or concentrated to the direction of the lead in its passage from the pistol.

1868 Naval & Mil. Gaz. 29 Aug. 551/1 The number of systems from which the choice is likely to be made has been narrowed down to four.

1939 Flight 26 Oct. 335/1 A quickly estimated E.T.A., too, will narrow down the area of search if the next outstanding landmark fails to turn up.

1969 M. Puzo Godfather (1972) i. vi. 101 Clemenza finally narrowed down the list of candidates to three men.

2000 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 108 175 The essence of efficient search is the identification of clues that allow the universe of potential leads to be narrowed down.

单词	to narrow down
释义	> as lemmas to narrow down c. transitive. to narrow down: to reduce in scope or number; to reduce (a set of possibilities, choices, candidates, etc.) by progressively eliminating certain elements or groups of elements. ΚΠ 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) VIII. Coll. Sentiments 341 Love and Gratitude will not be narrow'd down to mere family-considerations. 1834 W. A. Caruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. II. viii. 95 The mind of a firm and courageous man..seems always to be narrowed down or concentrated to the direction of the lead in its passage from the pistol. 1868 Naval & Mil. Gaz. 29 Aug. 551/1 The number of systems from which the choice is likely to be made has been narrowed down to four. 1939 Flight 26 Oct. 335/1 A quickly estimated E.T.A., too, will narrow down the area of search if the next outstanding landmark fails to turn up. 1969 M. Puzo Godfather (1972) i. vi. 101 Clemenza finally narrowed down the list of candidates to three men. 2000 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 108 175 The essence of efficient search is the identification of clues that allow the universe of potential leads to be narrowed down. extracted from narrowv. < as lemmas
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