Whittle away
削减, 减少, 降低（…的大小、重要性或价值）
🧩 词语组成解析
whittle
['(h)witl]
v. 切，削（木头）;削弱;减少;
n. 屠刀;
🗣️ 情景例句
My mother promised me a birthday party with a clown.
我妈妈答应给我办一个有小丑的生日派对。
Is that lady a student?
那位女士是学生吗？
New York is built on a group of islands on the east coast of the USA at a point where several rivers flow into the ocean.
纽约市建立在美国东海岸的一群岛屿上，那儿是好几条河流入海的交汇点。