winnow
winnow 英 [ˈwɪnəʊ] 美 [ˈwɪnoʊ]
vt. 簸；把…挑出来；精选 vi. 分出好坏；扬谷 n. 扬谷；扬谷器
进行时:winnowing 过去式:winnowed 过去分词:winnowed 第三人称单数:winnows 名词复数:winnows
- To winnow is to blow something away until you are left with what you want, like grain from chaff. If you only want your favorite people to attend your party, you will need to winnow down the guest list from 300 to 30.
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- vt. 簸；把…挑出来；精选
- vi. 分出好坏；扬谷
- n. 扬谷；扬谷器
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1. We’ll generally winnow that pile of applications down to about 10 (per opening) and then call all those people for a phone interview.
我们通常从这么多申请表格中筛选出10份（每个职位），然后给这些人打电话面试。
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2. And over time, the economic analogue of natural selection operates as the market determines which firms are profitable and which are unprofitable, and tends to winnow out the latter.
同样随着时间变化，经济领域中也发生着自然选择，即市场决定着哪些企业可以盈利，哪些不能，并渐渐把后者淘汰出局。
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3. The trepidation with which institutions treat bloggers within their own ranks is a reflection of institutional inability to winnow itself down to a single voice, engaged in conversation.
各个机构在处理自己内部不同声音的时候显得惶恐不安，它没能在谈话中把人们的声音过滤成同一个声音，这正是机构没能做到效力最大化的体现。
- winnow (v.) 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."
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