narrow down

1. PHRASAL VERB 缩减;压缩;减小
   If you narrow down a range of things, you reduce the number of things included in it.
   1. What's happened is that the new results narrow down the possibilities...
      现有的情况是，新的结果缩小了可能性的范围。
   2. I've managed to narrow the list down to twenty-three.
      我已设法把清单上的项目压缩到了23项。

1. What's happened is that the new results narrow down the possibilities
   现有的情况是，新的结果缩小了可能性的范围。
2. I've managed to narrow the list down to twenty-three.
   我已设法把清单上的项目压缩到了23项。
3. Answering these questions will help narrow down a set of domains that you are excited about.
   回答这些问题将有助于缩小自己感兴趣的领域。
4. However, there are some key points in a JCC trace that we will discuss later that will help you to narrow down a problem.
   然而，JCC跟踪中还是有几个关键的地方值得我们在后面加以讨论，它们有助于缩小问题的范围。
5. In such a situation, the first step is to narrow down the root cause of the memory leak to one or a few components.
   在这种情况下，第一个步骤是将内存泄漏的根源限制到一个或几个组件。
6. If you can narrow down this list, you should.
   如果可以缩减列表，应该尽量缩减。
7. Finally, Exhibit offers facets, a set of tools to help users search and narrow down the data to find what they need.
   最后，Exhibit提供了facet，这是一组工具，可用来帮助用户搜索和缩小搜索范围以便找到他们所需的数据。
8. Naturally, it makes sense to narrow down the set of documents first and then evaluate the relevant subset.
   一种合理的做法是先缩小文档集的范围然后再计算相关的子集。
9. Similar to Open Type, you can use wildcard characters or abbreviations to quickly narrow down the list of resources.
   类似于OpenType，您可以使用通配符或缩写来快速缩小列表中的资源范围。
10. Used effectively, these tools will help you narrow down performance issues and help pinpoint root causes.
    有效的使用这些工具将帮助您减少性能问题，并且也能帮您查明根本原因。
11. Fortunately, WebSphere MQ provides some additional tools to narrow down the scope of who can connect.
    幸运的是，WebSphereMQ提供了一些附加工具，它们缩小了可以连接的范围。
12. You can enable and disable this trace dynamically, which should help when trying to narrow down a problem.
    可以动态地启用和禁用这种跟踪，在缩小问题范围的时候这样做会有所帮助。
13. Now you are able to check each part of the car and narrow down the location of the problem.
    现在您能够检查汽车的每个部分并缩小问题的所在范围。
14. The other two boxes are lists of properties ( author and tag, respectively) the user can select to narrow down the entries to only those that match.
    另外两个框是属性列表（分别为作者和标记），用户可以对其进行选择，以便将输入进一步缩小范围到只包括匹配的那些。
15. Of course, you still select the brand if you know it to narrow down the product list.
    当然，如果您知道产品品牌，则仍可以选择该品牌来缩小产品列表范围。
16. Narrow down your activities to one or two to keep things in check.
    控制一下，把你的活动压缩到一两项。
17. He or she may have a hundred from which to narrow down a handful of interviewees.
    或许他需要从几百名中的应聘者中筛选出几位。
18. Then we make mood boards and narrow down and change our mind.
    然后我们做情绪板，缩小范围，进行修改。
19. Sophomore year is a time to narrow down your academic focus and decide on the college major.
    大二要开始缩小学术研究关注的范围，选定大学的主攻专业了。
20. We're working to narrow down the list of possible suspects.
    我们正努力缩小嫌疑犯的范围。
21. This is how voters narrow down that field from a bunch of candidates to eventually just one.
    这就是如何从许多候选人中逐渐缩小范围直到最后剩下一个赢家的过程。
22. I cannot narrow down the rules for this game.
    我不能限制这场比赛的规则。
23. We cannot assume that everybody will watch the game, we have to narrow down the major characteristics of our target audience.
    我们不能设想每个人都观看比赛，我们必须缩小目标受众的主要特点。
24. Meantime, I'm gonna narrow down that list.
    这其间，我会缩小名单范围。
25. The emergency maintenance periods are to restore stability while we continue to narrow down the cause of the problems.
    周期性的紧急维护阶段是恢复服务器的稳定性，同时我们可以缩小问题产生原因的范围。
26. 'The whole idea is to narrow down and select the place that is best for you,'Dr.
    网站的构想就是帮你挑选最适合自己的度假地点。
27. Once the nearest marker has been found, techniques based on the mapping of chromosomes may be used to narrow down the location of the gene.
    一旦找到了最近的标记，基于染色体作图技术，可以用于紧接着的下一个基因的位点的测定。
28. Most of the above points would narrow down to strong lack of communication and uninspiring ambience of the workplace.
    上面大多数问题都会归结到缺乏沟通和气氛压抑的工作环境之上。
29. I'd appreciate any more information regarding the alleged, so we can narrow down who is funding thier actions. I have my suspicions based on who they are not attacking.
    如果有更多信息关于这些嫌疑的话我会很感谢，这样我们能缩小范围，知道是谁滋长了他们的行动。我都已经在怀疑他们还有谁没有攻击过。
30. They are just able to narrow down the scope.
    只能把范围缩小一点而已。

verb

1. become more focus on an area of activity or field of study
   1. She specializes in Near Eastern history

   Synonym:    specializespecialisenarrow

2. define clearly
   1. I cannot narrow down the rules for this game

   Synonym:    pin downpeg downnail downnarrowspecify