When a king sits on his throne to judge, he winnows out all evil with his eyes.

王坐在审判的位上，以眼目驱散诸恶。

The recommendation engine is that prosthesis: it winnows the millions of options down to a manageable handful.

而推荐引擎就是这样的手：它化繁为简，将数百万种选择精简至易于应付的一小撮。

Lufthansa Technik receives 5,000 to 6,000 apprenticeship applications each year. It winnows that pool down to about 250 selectees.

汉莎技术公司每年收到5,000至6,000份学徒申请，其中的250人才能获得最终的学徒机会。

To improve the efficiency and robustness of the face detection algorithm, a novel approach based on traditional SNoW(Sparse Network of Winnows)is proposed.

本文研究了复杂多变人脸的检测和定位问题，提出了一种新的基于对称特征的人脸定位方法。