winnowed

Those that haven't are winnowed out.

怯懦无知的人将被淘汰.

The second is that 35 years winnowed the technological wheat from the chaff.

其次,35年以来,技术上已经日臻完善.

The wind winnowed the fallen leaves.

风吹散了落叶.

Strobel winnowed down her wardrobe and toiletries to precisely that number.

为了正好达到这个要求,Ms. Strobel大量消减了行头和化妆品.

Wave action then winnowed the clay.

波浪作用是将粘土淘走.

Administration officials have winnowed the list of candidates to three.

行政官员将候选名单筛减至3人。

Time has winnowed out certain of the essays as superior.

历经岁月淘洗，某些文章终成经典。

In Elbow Bower the mower winnowed winnowed the minnows away fro the powwow.

在肘子凉亭里,割草者为巫医筛掉小鱼.

I had winnowed the husk away when he came in.

他进来时,我已把糠筛去了.

When Smith magazine and consulting firm Mercer posed the question last year, they got thousands of entries, which they winnowed down to 400 for a book called Six Words About Work. A sampling of the winners:

去年，史密斯杂志（Smith magazine）和美世咨询公司（Mercer）把这个问题抛给了公众，结果收到了数以千计的反馈。他们从中遴选出了400条，并集结成册，取名《职场6字真言》，其中包括以下一些金句：

The wind winnowed the grass.

风吹走了草.