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narrow down

/nar-oh/US // ˈnær oʊ //UK // (ˈnærəʊ) //

收窄,缩小,缩小范围,收紧

Related Words

precise准确,精确,准确的,精密limited有限的,有限,有限性slim苗条,纤细的,纤细,苗条的definite明确的,确切的,明确,确定的precarious岌岌可危,不稳定,不稳定的,不稳定因素slender纤细,纤细的,苗条,苗条的tight紧,紧密,严格,紧张cramped狭窄的,狭窄,局促的thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细small小,小型,小的,小型的diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱tighten拧紧,收紧,缩紧,紧缩exclusive独家,独占,专属,独占的set设置,一组,一套,集scanty微薄的,稀少的,轻微的,微薄strait窄窄的,狭窄的,窄的,窄窄地confining拘束的,拘束,拘束性的,拘拘束束close关闭,密切,结束,靠近fine罚款,精细,精细的,细致select选择,挑选,选取,选定

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    nar·row·er, nar·row·est.

    • : of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
    • : limited in extent or space; affording little room: narrow quarters.
    • : limited in range or scope: a narrow sampling of public opinion.
    • : lacking breadth of view or sympathy, as persons, the mind, or ideas: a narrow man, knowing only his professional specialty; a narrow mind.
    • : with little margin to spare; barely adequate or successful; close: a narrow escape.
    • : careful, thorough, or minute, as a scrutiny, search, or inquiry.
    • : limited in amount; small; meager: narrow resources.
    • : straitened; impoverished: narrow circumstances.
    • : New England. stingy or parsimonious.
    • : Phonetics. articulated with the tongue laterally constricted, as the ee of beet, the oo of boot, etc.; tense.Compare lax. utilizing a unique symbol for each phoneme and whatever supplementary diacritics are needed to indicate its subphonemic varieties.Compare broad.
    • : proportionately rich in protein.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to decrease in width or breadth: This is where the road narrows.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make narrower.
    • : to limit or restrict: to narrow an area of search; to narrow down a contest to three competitors.
    • : to make narrow-minded: Living in that village has narrowed him.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a narrow part, place, or thing.
    • : a narrow part of a valley, passage, or road.
    • : narrows, a narrow part of a strait, river, ocean current, etc.
    • : The Narrows, a narrow strait from upper to lower New York Bay, between Staten Island and Long Island. 2 miles long; 1 mile wide.

Phrases

  • narrow escape
  • straight and narrow

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inpeter
Synonyms
check检查,检查一下contract合同,签约,契约,契约书curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降degenerate堕落的,堕落,堕落的人,蜕变的drain排水,排出,排水系统,排水渠droop垂头丧气,耷拉着脑袋,垂头丧气的,下垂drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴ease缓解,减轻,舒适度,舒适ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震fade褪色,衰落,渐渐地,褪色的lower较低的,较低,低层,低级quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静rebate返利,回扣,返点,退税settle解决,结算,解决问题,安家落户shrink缩水,缩减,缩小,萎缩sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦slash斜线,斜杠,斜线式,斜杠杠的slump萧条,不景气,萧条期,衰退taper锥度,锥形,锥体,锥形的wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱waste浪费,废物,废弃物,废弃abate消减,削减,缩减,减轻calm down冷静下来,平静下来,淡定,镇定下来crumble碎裂,弄碎,崩坏,崩解curtail缩减,削减,缩短,缩水cut down削减,砍伐,砍掉,削减了depreciate贬值,贬低,折旧,贬值的deteriorate恶化,变质,衰败,变差devaluate贬值,贬低,价值贬低,价值贬低的die down消亡,衰亡,熄灭,灭亡diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱drop off辍学,掉落,丢下,掉落的dry up干涸,涸泽而渔,阴干,干枯dwindle缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水evaporate挥发,蒸发,挥发掉,蒸发掉fall off脱落,脱掉,脱离,掉下来lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低let up放过,放弃,放弃吧,放宽lighten减轻,淡化,减淡,减弱lose edge边缘化,失落的边缘,失落,边缘modify修改,更改,改动,改装peter out熄灭,淘汰,灭亡,熄火quell熄灭,平息,遏止,平息下来reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小restrain克制,拘束,限制,抑制run low低速运行,低运行,低价运行,低速运转shrivel萎缩,起皱纹,缩水,萎靡不振slack off松懈,松懈怠慢,懈怠,偷懒slacken弛缓,松懈,松弛,弛缓的slow down减缓,慢下来,减慢,减慢速度soften变得柔和,变得柔软,变得柔和了,变得柔和起来subside减退,消退,减弱,沉降tail away尾随而去,尾随而至,尾随离开,尾随而行tail off掉尾巴,甩尾,甩掉尾巴weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了wear away消磨掉,磨损,消损,消磨wear down磨损,消磨,消磨掉,磨灭wither凋零,凋谢,枯萎,萎缩
as indecrease
Synonyms
abate消减,削减,缩减,减轻curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子curtail缩减,削减,缩短,缩水cut down削减,砍伐,砍掉,削减了decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降depreciate贬值,贬低,折旧,贬值的deteriorate恶化,变质,衰败,变差diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴drop off辍学,掉落,丢下,掉落的dwindle缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水ease缓解,减轻,舒适度,舒适ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震fall off脱落,脱掉,脱离,掉下来lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低lower较低的,较低,低层,低级reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小shrink缩水,缩减,缩小,萎缩sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦slacken弛缓,松懈,松弛,弛缓的slash斜线,斜杠,斜线式,斜杠杠的slump萧条,不景气,萧条期,衰退soften变得柔和,变得柔软,变得柔和了,变得柔和起来subside减退,消退,减弱,沉降wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了check检查,检查一下contract合同,签约,契约,契约书crumble碎裂,弄碎,崩坏,崩解decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减degenerate堕落的,堕落,堕落的人,蜕变的devaluate贬值,贬低,价值贬低,价值贬低的droop垂头丧气,耷拉着脑袋,垂头丧气的,下垂evaporate挥发,蒸发,挥发掉,蒸发掉fade褪色,衰落,渐渐地,褪色的lighten减轻,淡化,减淡,减弱modify修改,更改,改动,改装quell熄灭,平息,遏止,平息下来quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静restrain克制,拘束,限制,抑制settle解决,结算,解决问题,安家落户shrivel萎缩,起皱纹,缩水,萎靡不振waste浪费,废物,废弃物,废弃wither凋零,凋谢,枯萎,萎缩calm down冷静下来,平静下来,淡定,镇定下来die down消亡,衰亡,熄灭,灭亡dry up干涸,涸泽而渔,阴干,干枯let up放过,放弃,放弃吧,放宽lose edge边缘化,失落的边缘,失落,边缘peter out熄灭,淘汰,灭亡,熄火run low低速运行,低运行,低价运行,低速运转slack off松懈,松懈怠慢,懈怠,偷懒slow down减缓,慢下来,减慢,减慢速度tail off掉尾巴,甩尾,甩掉尾巴wear away消磨掉,磨损,消损,消磨wear down磨损,消磨,消磨掉,磨灭

Examples

  • Even those who were in the Capitol that day had only a narrow sense of what happened.

  • Google previously added a menu at the top to let you filter based on those alternate meanings and better narrow down the search results to what you are looking for.

  • As we noted earlier, the research subjects — college students and MTurk users — they represent narrow slices of the population.

  • Her terror is played out for entertainment, whether that means a narrow escape or a bloody death.

  • I think that on both sides of the aisle, you see these entrenched politicians, this entrenched political class who have a very narrow viewpoint of how the world should act.

  • What it endangers is a narrow conception of Russian power, understood through the eyes of its dictatorial leader.

  • By that time, SantaCon had already spread beyond the narrow confines of a few prankster-explorers.

  • A cruiser shows up and eyes narrow and citizens often withdraw.

  • And besides, the studies that do enjoy widespread media circulation focus on a very narrow segment of the LGBT community: gay men.

  • He has sunken eyes and a narrow black beard speckled with gray.

  • The streets here are rather wide for an Italian city but would be deemed intolerably narrow in America.

  • He is rather tall and narrow, and wears a long abb's coat reaching nearly down to his feet.

  • As he was toiling slowly up a narrow, rocky pass, he suddenly saw an Indian's head peering over the ledge.

  • Her thin and narrow hands held the balcony railing rather tightly.

  • When we got to the house we entered an obscure corridor and began to find our way up a dark and narrow staircase.

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