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。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, there are some key points in a JCC trace that we will discuss later that will help you to narrow down a problem.
  然而，JCC跟踪中还是有几个关键的地方值得我们在后面加以讨论，它们有助于缩小问题的范围。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If you can narrow down this list, you should.
  如果可以缩减列表，应该尽量缩减。
• 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。
• 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。