Inflation has whittled away their savings.
通货膨胀蚕食了他们的积蓄。
We've whittled down a mass of evidence and produced two clear leads.
我们清理了一大堆证据，理出了两个清晰的线索。
Other royal houses were whittled down to size by assertive parliaments.
其它国家王室权力则受到强力议会挤压。
When I finished this task, I whittled the apples into very small piedes.
和好面后，我把苹果切成非常小的块；
The types were made of pieces of wood that he had whittled out with his penknife.
活字模是木块做的，是他用削笔刀刻出来的。
To give the wooden beams an aged look, she whittled them down before varnishing them.
为了让木梁一岁看，她削弱他们面前上光下来。
When you've whittled your list down3 to a manageable number, make arrangements to visit.
当你将学校数量缩减到一个可控制的范围后，安排时间去那些学校参观。
When you've whittled your list down3 to a manageable number, make arrangements to visit.
当你将学校数量扩充到一个可局限的范围后，陈设时间去那些学校参观。
Originally, Tou Mali had a much stronger force, but the Field Mouse had whittled it down.
窦马利的势力原来比较强，但是，后来被地老鼠给削弱了不少。
Before he knows it, he has whittled his stick down to a toothpick, which snaps in his hands.
他不知不觉把那块木头削得像牙签一样细，在他的手中折断了。
Citi had hoped to keep its prize assets as it whittled down its separately housed "legacy" businesses.
花旗曾一度想要保留其盈利财产，而砍掉那些个别的“昨日黄花”。
Ten agencies submitted about 100 ideas, which were whittled down to the best five and voted on by a panel.
10家代理提交了100条左右的创意，专家组挑出了最好的5条并进行了投票。
Mr Raguz replies that, since 1995, Bosnian-Croat influence has been steadily whittled away by the Bosniaks.
拉古兹驳复，自从1995年以来，波黑共和党的影响力因波斯尼亚人而不断地被削弱。
It has seen its once formidable empire whittled away by court decisions, which now threaten its very existence.
曾经能够预见到一个强盛的帝国统治被法院裁决削去，正在威逼着他们的存在。
Once we had whittled down the required reviewer list, we could afford to give each respondent one-on-one attention.
一旦我们减少了所需的复审员名单，我们会注意到每个复审员的反馈。
It was then repeatedly whittled down, finally to just $34 billion, in a vain attempt to win over a few Republicans.
因此，它的启动资金由开始本就不多的790亿美元，反复削减至最终的340亿美元。 可即便如此，也还是没能赢得几个共和党人的支持，白白折腾了一场。
During this phase the number of clay models is gradually whittled down based on decisions by the Board of Management.
在此阶段基于董事会管理决策会逐渐减少油泥模型的数量。
The entries will be whittled down to 50 and will be displayed on Ctrip, Dale says, with voting to begin in a few weeks.
Dale说，最后的入围者将有50个人，他们的照片将会被展示在携程网上，投票将在几周内开始。
A 30-year research subject for scientist Irene Pepperberg, PhD, Alex whittled away at the belief that parrots were simple mimics.
对于科学家IrenePepperberg博士来说，Alex，这只30岁的实验对象削弱了“鹦鹉只是简单的模仿生物”这一观念。
Suddenly, an impressive printout looks like a very thin reed on which to hang your future, while your account is being whittled away.
突然，你从打印的结果发现好像把你的未来放在这根稻草上也不行，然而你的账户已经少了很多。
KB home has whittled back its costs by altering the architecture of its homes: open-plan layouts save on interior walls, for instance.
KB Homes通过改变建筑结构来降低成本：例如采用开放式布局节约了内墙。
These were whittled down to a shortlist of seven over the four-week run of the House of the Year TV series - a spinoff of popular show Grand Designs.
这个名单在今年为时四周的电视系列中被削减到七个，这也显示出伟大的设计。
Having each some shingles of thought well dried, we sat and whittled them, trying our knives, and admiring the clear yellowish grain of the pumpkin pine.
各自谈出自己的思想，好像把木片都晒干那样，我们坐下来，把它们削尖，试试我们的刀子，欣赏着那些松木的光亮的纹理。
But inventories have been whittled down to the lowest level since 1971, so construction is likely to rise and contribute to overall growth in the economy.
不过库存已经降到了1971年以来的最低水平，因此房屋建设很可能会上升，推动整体经济增长。
But inventories have been whittled down to the lowest level since 1971, so construction is likely to rise and contribute to overall growth in the economy.
不过库存已经降到了1971年以来的最低水平，因此房屋建设很可能会上升，推动整体经济增长。
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