Rowling was born and brought up in Chipping Sodbury, just outside Bristol.

罗琳在布里斯托尔郊外的 Chipping Sodbury 出生长大。

I'm considering having my office redecorated, the furniture is old and the paint is chipping.

我正在考虑重新装修我的办公室，家具都旧了，油漆都剥落了。

He was chipping away at the stone.

他不停地凿那块石头。

Ice had formed on the outside of the ship, and the crew was chipping it off.

船的外面结了冰，船员们正在把冰凿掉。

I'm considering having my office redecorated. The furniture is old and the paint is chipping.

我正在考虑重新装修我的办公室，家具都旧了，油漆也都掉了。

He is chipping away at my reputation.

他在毁损我的名声。

Most people are chipping in five dollars.

多数人都凑分子出五块钱，你要不要也凑一份？

He was chipping away at the rock with a hammer.

他在用铁锤把那块岩石一小块一小块地敲下来。

The day after the chipping debate, the rains continue.

凿点讨论之后的第二天依旧下雨。

Kropelin is not the only scientist chipping away at these scenarios.

克勒珀林不是唯一一个对此不以为然的科学家。

Grip a short iron in your left hand only, and make some chipping swings.

只用左手握住一只短铁，做一些切击的挥杆。

When an artist starts to create a sculpture, he has to keep chipping away.

当一个艺术家开始创作雕像时，他必须反复雕琢。

Rubber plunger should not be rubber thread, rubber chipping, foreign impurity, spray frost.

橡胶活塞应无胶丝、胶屑、外来杂质、喷霜。

While the upgrade story is still poor, Microsoft has been slowly chipping away at the problem.

尽管进行升级仍然显得捉襟见肘，微软一直在不断铲除这个问题。

The Internet, Carr suspects, “is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation.”

卡尔怀疑网络“使我集中注意力和思考的能力变弱”。

Inexpensive blades become expensive in the long run because they result in chipping and rough edges.

廉价刀片变得昂贵，长远来说，因为他们在切杆和粗糙的边缘效果。

Swigs taken from bottled drinks are short, so they don't miss out on chipping in with the conversation.

他们爱喝瓶装饮料，每口都喝很快，因为不想错过对话中的片言只字。

This is code for, "do not expect us to be chipping in all that much for global public goods anytime soon.

这就暗示：“不要在近期任何时候期望我们向全球公益事业中投入那么多。”

The researchers are using the data to survey the body's interior before chipping away further on the fossil.

研究人员使用上述数据来调查被进一步削弱前的化石的内部。

Trembling with fear, they found an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at one of the headstones.

正当两人害怕得浑身颤抖时，他们看到是个老头拿着铁锤和凿子，在一块墓石上凿着什么。

When he couldn't get onto the course, he practised on empty baseball diamonds by chipping balls onto the bases.

他无法进入球场的时候，他就在空闲的棒球场上练习击球入垒。

Wentworth was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, but his family moved to Brooklyn when he was just one year old.

米帅生于英国牛津郡的Chipping Norton，但他一岁时便举家迁至美国纽约布鲁克林。

The meeting was very lively and informal with everyone chipping to supplement or refute what the speakers said.

会议开得很活跃，不拘束，每个人都能插话补充，或反驳发言者的讲话。

In the past 20 to 30 years, the behavioural-finance school has been chipping away at the efficient-market hypothesis.

在过去的二三十年，金融行为学派一直在蚕食有效市场假说。

All joint components should be inspected for any breaking, chipping, gouging or other visible damage before proceeding.

在安装之前，应该对所有连接部件进行检查，看是否存在阻断、碎屑、刨削屑或其他可观察到的损坏情况。

The tabloids, throughout history, on both sides of the Atlantic, have been predicated on chipping away at that division.

在大西洋两岸，一直以来，小报的着眼点都是为了削弱（普通民众和社会精英之间的）分界。

Hand-held portable power tools - Measurement of vibrations at the handle - Part 2: chipping hammers and riveting hammers.

便携式手提动力工具。手柄振动的测量。第2部分：凿锤和铆钉锤。

The wall facing the road is a mixture of chipping concrete and red cedar louvers, offering an illusionary depth of the wall.

面对马路的墙是一片混凝土和红雪松的混合物，给人提供一种虚幻的感觉。