词汇释义
winnow TEM8 GRE
UK /ˈwɪn.əʊ/ US /ˈwɪn.oʊ/
verb, If you winnow a group of things or people, you reduce its size by separating the ones that are useful or relevant from the ones that are not.筛选，遴选
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外刊例句
1. The winnowing of older workers in physical jobs worries Collinson, especially now.(Seattle Times)
2. There are currently eight candidates in contention and they will be winnowed down to five after the first ‘confessional’ meetings conclude on Sept. 16.(Reuters)
3.While malls in affluent areas with high-end stores and restaurants generally thrived, lower-tier malls, particularly those with competitors nearby, suffered over the years as retailers winnowed their physical stores and filed for bankruptcy.(New York Times)
4. So there will be empty grocery store spots as a company’s 20 flavors of yogurt winnow down to eight.(Washington Post)
5. Then it was winnowed to a proposal that exempted most single-family homes and expired in three years.(New York Times)
6. Where it once meant the end of a work life, today, it is more of a process, where work and activity slowly winnows down.(Seattle Times)
7. As the economy recovered, the Fed began to reverse that program, slowly winnowing its portfolio of bonds in a process known as quantitative tightening.(New York Times)
8. Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi is stepping down this year, winnowing further the already small number of women running Fortune 500 companies.(Seattle Times)
9.To winnow the many outfits clambering in these fields, Mr. Lippert will assess the durability of a company’s competitive advantage and the quality of its management, in addition to its fundamentals.(New York Times)
10. The bankruptcy trustee received 17,000 claims, which were winnowed down to 2,300.(TheEconomist)
11. Until the field is winnowed to a few favorites, as happened with web browsers, securing them all will be a challenge.(Los Angeles Times)
12. The winnowing, he said, is intended to focus G.E.’s capital investment and management time on the most promising businesses.(New York Times)
词汇搭配
winnow things, people
winnow out, winnow down
词汇家族
winnowed, winnower, winnowing, winnows
词汇来源
late 14c., from Old English windwian "to fan, winnow," from wind "air in motion, paring down," see wind (n.1). Cognate with Old Norse vinza, Old High German winton "to fan, winnow," Gothic diswinþjan "to throw (grain) apart."
近义词
divide, extract, isolate, separate, cull, remove, sift, sort, screen, select choose
反义词
approve, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook, praise
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