As children grow , brambles of short brain connectionsare gradually pruned down to longer , stronger neural pathways .
随着儿童身体成长，脑部像荆棘似的短连接逐渐被修剪，长成更长，更强壮的神经传输途径。
While neurons continue to grow in size during childhood , and brain connections get built and pruned , the number of neurons remains constant from birth .
大脑在孩童时期体积变大，神经之间相互连接并且修剪，然而神经细胞的数量保持不变。
Just like flowers , servants are being pruned .
就像那些鲜花一样，服务人员也受到了精简。
It 's not that those new french oak barrels or carefully pruned vines don 't matter-it 's that the logo on the bottle and price tag often matter more .
The arts of rose pruning are revealed to the public in early spring when the favourites of vita sackville-west , such as charles de mills and cardinal de richelieu , are pruned and trained to within an inch of their lives - a philosophy described simply as " treat them mean , keep them keen " .
