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whittle away whittle down свести на нетThis may whittle away our liberties.
They were slyly whittling down the power of the Corleone family.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > whittle away
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whittle away [something] fig réduire [advantage, lead]; whittle away at [something] lit tailler [stick]; fig réduire [advantage, lead, profits] -
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= whittle down сточи́ти; перен. звести́ наніве́цьto whittle away the distinction between... — усу́нути різни́цю між...
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transitive verb(fig.)1) (completely) auffressen [Gewinn, Geldmittel usw.]whittle away somebody's rights/power — jemandem nach und nach alle Rechte/alle Macht nehmen
2) (partly) allmählich reduzieren [Anzahl, Team, Gewinn, Verlust]; verkürzen [Liste]* * *I. vi▪ to \whittle away away at sthII. vt▪ to \whittle away away ⇆ sth etw verringern* * *vt sep1) bark etc wegschneiden, wegschnitzen2) (= gradually reduce) allmählich abbauen, nach und nach abbauen; rights, power etc allmählich or nach und nach beschneiden or stutzenthe benefit/pay increase has been whittled away by inflation — der Gewinn/die Gehaltserhöhung ist durch die Inflation langsam zunichtegemacht worden
* * *transitive verb(fig.)1) (completely) auffressen [Gewinn, Geldmittel usw.]whittle away somebody's rights/power — jemandem nach und nach alle Rechte/alle Macht nehmen
2) (partly) allmählich reduzieren [Anzahl, Team, Gewinn, Verlust]; verkürzen [Liste] -
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1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o \<\<funds/resources\>\> ir* mermando; \<\<influence\>\> ir* reduciendo or disminuyendo; \<\<rights\>\> ir* menoscabando2) v + advto whittle away at something — ir* minando or socavando algo
1.VT + ADV (=reduce) [+ savings, amount] ir reduciendo2.VI + ADVto whittle away at sth — (lit) tallar algo; (fig) ir reduciendo algo
* * *1) v + o + adv, v + adv + o \<\<funds/resources\>\> ir* mermando; \<\<influence\>\> ir* reduciendo or disminuyendo; \<\<rights\>\> ir* menoscabando2) v + advto whittle away at something — ir* minando or socavando algo
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сточить;
перен. свести на нет to whittle away the distinction between ≈ уничтожить различие между (фигурально) свести на нетБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > whittle away
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1. уничтожать2. свести на нетto whittle away a doctrine — выхолостить учение; свести на нет суть доктрины
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=whittle* * *menghancurkan sedikit-sedikit; menghabiskan sediki* * *=whittle -
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['hwitël /'w- ë'wei] pres/heq me thikëwhittle down ['hwitël /'w- daun] a) pres/heq me thikë; b) fig. qeth, shkurtoj (shpenzimet) -
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1) Общая лексика: сводить на нет, сточить, свести на нет, уменьшить, уничтожать2) Переносный смысл: свести на нет -
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сточить; свести на нетАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > whittle away
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לקצץ, להפחית* * *◙ תיחפהל,ץצקל◄ -
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yavaş yavaş azaltmak, tüketmek, eritmek, bozmak* * *yont -
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afsnijden, kleiner maken
См. также в других словарях:
whittle away at — 1. To pare or whittle 2. To reduce, curtail or circumscribe little by little • • • Main Entry: ↑whittle … Useful english dictionary
whittle away — verb cut away in small pieces • Syn: ↑whittle down, ↑wear away • Hypernyms: ↑damage • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something * * * ˌ … Useful english dictionary
whittle away — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms whittle away : present tense I/you/we/they whittle away he/she/it whittles away present participle whittling away past tense whittled away past participle whittled away to gradually reduce the… … English dictionary
whittle away — v. (D; intr.) to whittle away at (to whittle away at smb. s alibi) * * * (D; intr.) to whittle away at (to whittle away at smb. s alibi) … Combinatory dictionary
whittle away — PHRASAL VERB To whittle away something or whittle away at it means to gradually make it smaller, weaker, or less effective. [V P n (not pron)] I believe that the Government s general aim is to whittle away the Welfare State... [V P at n] Their… … English dictionary
whittle away — reduce, cut down … English contemporary dictionary
whittle away (to) — Slowly reduce/shrink. Like a craftsman carving a piece of wood, managers may choose to slowly rearrange or reduce a department or division … American business jargon
whittle something down — whittle (something) down to gradually reduce or destroy something. By halftime our team s lead had been whittled down to only two points. College is so expensive, after two years, my college fund has been whittled away to almost nothing. Usage… … New idioms dictionary
whittle down — whittle (something) down to gradually reduce or destroy something. By halftime our team s lead had been whittled down to only two points. College is so expensive, after two years, my college fund has been whittled away to almost nothing. Usage… … New idioms dictionary
whittle — ► VERB 1) carve (wood) by repeatedly cutting small slices from it. 2) make by whittling. 3) (whittle away/down) reduce by degrees. ORIGIN from dialect whittle «knife», from an Old English word meaning «cut, cut off» … English terms dictionary
whittle — whit|tle [ˈwıtl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: whittle large knife (15 19 centuries), from thwittle (14 19 centuries), from thwite to whittle (11 19 centuries), from Old English thwitan] 1.) also whittle down [T] to gradually make something smaller … Dictionary of contemporary English