reduce to bare essentials; simplify sth.by cutting out the super fluous; simplify the complicated
? 我建議對草稿進(jìn)行～。I suggest that the draft be reduced to bare essentials.
刪繁就簡shān fán jiù jiǎn
刪：除去；就：接近，趨向。刪除繁瑣的，使之趨于簡明。simplify sth. by cutting out the superfluous, reduce to bare essentials, simplify what is complicated