Their resistance and boycott threat might instead be more of an effort to whittle down the markup that Rio Tinto is seeking in current contract negotiations.
他们的反对和抵制威胁或许更是一种为打击力拓的涨价企图而采取的策略。
Earlier efforts by Mr. Gates to whittle down his partner's stake in Microsoft were successful though, according to Mr.
不过,按照艾伦的说法,盖茨之前就尝试过削减他在微软公司的股权比例,而且取得了成功。
I finally managed to whittle down the names on the list to only five.
我最后总算是把名单上的名字减少到了只有五个。
Nowak has been busy working on how to whittle down the emergence of life into the simplest possible chemical system that he can describe mathematically.
Nowak一直在忙着思考如何简化生命出现的过程,直至他有可能用数学描述这个最简单的化学系统。
The President has agreed to whittle down his proposal.
总统已经同意减少他的提案。
One of the central intellectual projects in the Constitution of Liberty is the Humean one to use reason to whittle down the claims of reason.
《自由秩序原理》中的核心内容之一也是休谟使用的原因之一去削弱理性的主张。