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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 cannot narrow down the rules for this game.
  我不能限制这场比赛的规则。
• 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。
• 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。
• The emergency maintenance periods are to restore stability while we continue to narrow down the cause of the problems.
  周期性的紧急维护阶段是恢复服务器的稳定性，同时我们可以缩小问题产生原因的范围。
• Most of the above points would narrow down to strong lack of communication and uninspiring ambience of the workplace.
  上面大多数问题都会归结到缺乏沟通和气氛压抑的工作环境之上。
• 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。