narrowing
present participle ofnarrow
| 单词 | narrowing |
| 释义 | narrowing present participle ofnarrow narrow verb uk/ˈnær.əʊ/us/ˈner.oʊ/narrowverb(LESS WIDE)C1[IorT] tobecomelesswideor to make something lesswide: Theroadnarrows after thebridge. He narrowed hiseyesinsuspicion. They have narrowed thefocusof theinvestigation, toconcentrateonyoungeradults. figurativeWe muststriveto narrow thegapbetweenrichandpoor. Narrow and thin
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming and making smaller or less narrowverb(LESS)C2[I] tobecomeless: The retailer'slossnarrowedto$3 millionfrom$10 million ayearearlier. Becoming and making smaller or less
Phrasal verbnarrowsomethingdown Examplesofnarrowingnarrowing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Narrowingthis gap in our understanding of the policy process is important, for dramatic events are not politically neutral. From theCambridge English Corpus Coverage has remained stable but this obscures anarrowinggender gap in coverage. From theCambridge English Corpus Thenarrowingmargins in these products in turn reduced the cost of hedging barrier options. From theCambridge English Corpus For a given standard reduction derivation its liftednarrowingderivation is not necessarily that in which only 'needed' narrowable terms are contracted. From theCambridge English Corpus Fornarrowing, we need unification and hence we use the following construction to lift a rule into a binding context. From theCambridge English Corpus You learn a suite of macroeconomic models that sharpen your mind bynarrowingit. From theCambridge English Corpus In order to compute all solutions bynarrowing, we have to apply all rules at all non-variable subterms in parallel. From theCambridge English Corpus They wonder whethernarrowingthe focus excludes the very people experiencing the risk. From theCambridge English Corpus Also, the gender gap isnarrowingwith coverage extending to 82 % of employed males and 79 % of employed females. From theCambridge English Corpus This enabled a specific targeting of issues,narrowingdown subject matter to include those themes that required further scrutiny and analysis. From theCambridge English Corpus The data available suffer from many limitations,narrowingthe feasible statistical approaches. From theCambridge English Corpus Many processes are selective, and a taxonomy of a broad range of kinds of selection may be preferable tonarrowingthe applicability of the term. From theCambridge English Corpus The minimum radius obtained from the rotational solution is larger than obtained from the irrotational solution, even furthernarrowingthe supersonic region of the vortex. From theCambridge English Corpus Its basic functions guide its constraints innarrowingthe ranges of their bids. From theCambridge English Corpus The operational principle proposed for this situation isnarrowing. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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