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

• '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。
• 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。
• Now you are able to check each part of the car and narrow down the location of the problem.
  现在您能够检查汽车的每个部分并缩小问题的所在范围。
• I cannot narrow down the rules for this game.
  我不能限制这场比赛的规则。
• Then we make mood boards and narrow down and change our mind.
  然后我们做情绪板，缩小范围，进行修改。
• The other two boxes are lists of properties ( author and tag, respectively) the user can select to narrow down the entries to only those that match.
  另外两个框是属性列表（分别为作者和标记），用户可以对其进行选择，以便将输入进一步缩小范围到只包括匹配的那些。
• We're working to narrow down the list of possible suspects.
  我们正努力缩小嫌疑犯的范围。
• 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。
• If you can narrow down this list, you should.
  如果可以缩减列表，应该尽量缩减。
• We cannot assume that everybody will watch the game, we have to narrow down the major characteristics of our target audience.
  我们不能设想每个人都观看比赛，我们必须缩小目标受众的主要特点。