sift

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sift /sɪft/ verb [transitive]  1. DFCto put flour, sugar etc through a sieve or similar container in order to remove large pieces 筛〔面粉、白糖等〕2  (also sift through)EXAMINE to examine information, documents etc carefully in order to find something out or decide what is important and what is not 细查，详查，严密检查〔信息、文件等〕 Police are sifting through the evidence. 警方在筛查证据。3 sift something ↔ out phrasal verb SEPARATEto separate something from other things 挑选出，筛选 from It’s hard to sift out the truth from the lies in this case. 这种情况下真相和谎言难以分辨。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

sift• Shama meanwhile had begun to sift through a small sheaf of numbered pages.• It will take a while to sift through all these magazines.• To ensure that information would sift through from all corners of the Company, a local spokesperson was elected from each department.• I sift through memory, and this is what I say: She was a princess.• By midday Monday, police were sifting through more than 300 tips.• Having sifted through the estate agents' details, arrange appointments to view as many properties as possible.• She prided herself on her ability to sift through the most innocent conversations and turn them into major scandals.• Police continued to sift through the statements of various witnesses Saturday.• Tim Brown sifted through the trade talk, clearly and succinctly.Origin sift Old English siftan

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put etc to a container similar Corpus through sieve or flour, sugar

sift
sift /sɪft/ verb [transitive]1. to put flour, sugar etc through a sieve or similar container in order to remove large pieces
2. (also sift through) to examine information, documents etc carefully in order to find something out or decide what is important and what is not:
    Police are sifting through the evidence.
     
sift something ↔ out phrasal verb
  to separate something from other things
    sift something ↔ out from
    It’s hard to sift out the truth from the lies in this case.

siftBrE /sɪft/ 🔊NAmE /sɪft/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they sift BrE /sɪft/ 🔊 NAmE /sɪft/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it sifts BrE /sɪfts/ 🔊 NAmE /sɪfts/ 🔊past simple sifted BrE /ˈsɪftɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsɪftɪd/ 🔊past participle sifted BrE /ˈsɪftɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsɪftɪd/ 🔊 -ing form sifting BrE /ˈsɪftɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsɪftɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive] ~ sth to put flour or some other fine substance through a sieve/ sifter 筛（面粉或颗粒较细的物质）◆Sift the flour into a bowl. 把面粉筛到碗里。🔊🔊 [transitive, intransitive] to examine sth very carefully in order to decide what is important or useful or to find sth important 细查；详审◆~ sth We will sift every scrap of evidence. 我们将细查每一点证据。🔊🔊◆~ through sth Crash investigators have been sifting through the wreckage of the aircraft. 调查坠机事件的专家一直在仔细检查飞机残骸。🔊🔊 [transitive] ~ sth (out) from sth to separate sth from a group of things 区分；挑选；精选◆She looked quickly through the papers, sifting out from the pile anything that looked interesting. 她很快地翻了一下那摞文件，把所有看着有趣的东西都拣了出来。🔊🔊 ●ˌsift sth↔ˈoutto remove sth that you do not want from a substance by putting it through a sieve 筛除；筛去◆Put the flour through a sieve to sift out the lumps. 把面粉过筛，除去面块。🔊🔊to separate sth, usually sth you do not want, from a group of things 剔除；淘汰◆We need to sift out the applications that have no chance of succeeding. 我们需要剔出那些成功无望的申请。🔊🔊