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

• 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。
• 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。
• Of course, you still select the brand if you know it to narrow down the product list.
  当然，如果您知道产品品牌，则仍可以选择该品牌来缩小产品列表范围。
• Used effectively, these tools will help you narrow down performance issues and help pinpoint root causes.
  有效的使用这些工具将帮助您减少性能问题，并且也能帮您查明根本原因。
• I'd appreciate any more information regarding the alleged, so we can narrow down who is funding thier actions. I have my suspicions based on who they are not attacking.
  如果有更多信息关于这些嫌疑的话我会很感谢，这样我们能缩小范围，知道是谁滋长了他们的行动。我都已经在怀疑他们还有谁没有攻击过。
• Meantime, I'm gonna narrow down that list.
  这其间，我会缩小名单范围。
• We're working to narrow down the list of possible suspects.
  我们正努力缩小嫌疑犯的范围。
• I cannot narrow down the rules for this game.
  我不能限制这场比赛的规则。
• 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。