winnow out

柯林斯詞典

winnow out (winnowing,winnowed,winnows)

• 1. PHRASAL VERB If you winnow out part of a group of things or people, you identify the part that is not useful or relevant and the part that is. 淘汰; 篩除[書面]

  The committee will need to winnow out the nonsense and produce more practical proposals if it is to achieve results. 若想取得實(shí)效，委員會(huì)將需要擯除那些沒有實(shí)際意義的觀點(diǎn)，提出更切合實(shí)際的建議。

  Time has winnowed out certain of the essays as superior. 歷經(jīng)歲月的淘洗，有些文章成為經(jīng)典。

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