Now imagine chipping away that wood with your face.

现在想象一下用你的脸去砍木头。

This is the change of gradually chipping away excess stone.

这种改变是一点点凿掉多余的石头。

Because what you are doing is gradually chipping away the excess stone.

因为你所做的是一点点凿掉多余的石头。

A crew chipping away at a major project in CNN's Call to earth.

在CNN的《呼唤地球》栏目中，一名工作人员正在努力完成一个重大项目。

A small number of randomised experimental studies are chipping away at the causal question.

少数随机实验研究正在逐步解决因果问题。

As NPR's Tamara Keith explains, the president says the agency is chipping away at the problems.

据NPR新闻的塔玛拉·基思报道，总统表示该机构正在逐步解决问题。

Chipping away through the gratefulness, creating more positive channels, becoming more of a benefit finder over time.

要借由感恩走出阴影，创造更多积极的渠道，逐渐成为积极者。

The agency's focus appears to be on the idea of chipping away at a target with multiple hits.

该局把研究重点放在如何让多枚MOP就目标的同一点进行攻击。

If you've ever swung an axe against a tree, you know chipping away wood takes a lot of force.

如果你用过斧头砍向一棵树，你会知道削木头需要很大的力气。

The first approach - the gradual approach, like water wearing down stone, chipping away gradually slowly taking our time.

第一种方式，是渐进式的，好像滴水穿石，要花时间的一点一点，慢慢的。

The Romans kept chipping away at the Carthaginian Empire. Soon Sardinia and Corsica became a new Roman province joining Sicily.

罗马人在持续分裂迦太基帝国，但很快撒丁岛和科西嘉岛成为继西西里之后罗马的新省份。

Well, there's been a steady chipping away at her support basically on a national level but also in regional elections.

基本上来说，她在德国全国范围和地区选举中的支持率一直在不断下滑。

The reason why it works is because what you are doing is chisel by chisel, chipping away the excess stone.

修习行之有效的原因是因为你所做的事是一凿一凿地削走多余的石头。

Chipping away those limitations. Now to many of you this may sound naive, idealistic. Naive it is not. Idealistic, it is.

凿掉那些束缚 现在对于你们许多人这种方式似乎很天真 很理想主义 并不天真 但理想主义。

That's about taking time-in. That's about chipping away the excess stone. And it can only be done through this kind of effort.

那就是关于花时间接受 那就是关于凿掉多余的石头 而这只能通过这种努力而实现。

I guess we start chipping away now.

我想我们得砸墙了。

Archaeologists were carefully chipping away at the rock.

【chip】考古学家正小心地在岩石上铲凿。

You are chipping away at me piece by piece, lady.

我正被你千刀万剐呢 小姐。

The European Central Bank is set to start chipping away at its balance sheet.

欧洲央行将开始缩减其资产负债表。

Writers such as Voltaire and Diderot were chipping away at the foundations of society.

【chip】伏尔泰和狄德罗之类的作家一点一点地在动摇社会的根基。