2023/04/26 每日英语
一件事坚持下去总能看到效果，考研亦是如此！日积月累！
✅【例句】
The strength of the law has been whittled away over recent decades, however, to the point that millions fewer Americans are guaranteed extra pay for extra work than in 1979. That allows employers to push more employees to put in more hours essentially free.
然而，最近数十年间，该法案的效力逐步削弱，以至于到了1979年，能拿到加班费的美国人数量下降了数百万，这就使得雇主越来越强迫员工免费加班。

✅【解析】
[1] whittle away sth是一个词组，表示「削减，减少，降低」
whittle 本来是「削」木头的意思，引申为抽象意义上的「削减」时，尤其指逐渐减少，逐渐削减。
举个例子：The museum is worried that government funding will be whittled away.博物馆担心政府拨款将会被削减。
 
whittle down sth也是外刊里的高频词组，表示「减少，缩减」 …的大小或数目。比如He had whittled eight interviewees down to two.他已经逐渐将参加面试的人数由8人减少到2人。

 [2] to the point of sth / to the point that +同位语从句 表示「达到某种程度；近乎」。比如：He was rude to the point of being aggressive. 他粗鲁到蛮不讲理的地步。

2023/04/26 每日英语
一件事坚持下去总能看到效果，考研亦是如此！日积月累！
✅【例句】
The strength of the law has been whittled away over recent decades, however, to the point that millions fewer Americans are guaranteed extra pay for extra work than in 1979. That allows employers to push more employees to put in more hours essentially free.
然而，最近数十年间，该法案的效力逐步削弱，以至于到了1979年，能拿到加班费的美国人数量下降了数百万，这就使得雇主越来越强迫员工免费加班。

✅【解析】
[1] whittle away sth是一个词组，表示「削减，减少，降低」
whittle 本来是「削」木头的意思，引申为抽象意义上的「削减」时，尤其指逐渐减少，逐渐削减。
举个例子：The museum is worried that government funding will be whittled away.博物馆担心政府拨款将会被削减。
 
whittle down sth也是外刊里的高频词组，表示「减少，缩减」 …的大小或数目。比如He had whittled eight interviewees down to two.他已经逐渐将参加面试的人数由8人减少到2人。

 [2] to the point of sth / to the point that +同位语从句 表示「达到某种程度；近乎」。比如：He was rude to the point of being aggressive. 他粗鲁到蛮不讲理的地步。

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