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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sophomore year is a time to narrow down your academic focus and decide on the college major.
  大二要开始缩小学术研究关注的范围，选定大学的主攻专业了。
• 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。
• 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。