pared

英 [peəd]

美 [perd]

v.  削皮; 去皮; 逐步减小(数量或体积); 使缩小; 修剪(指甲等)
pare的过去分词和过去式

过去式：pared　

柯林斯词典

• See also:Pare the brown skin from the meat with a very sharp knife...He took out a slab of cheese, pared off a slice and ate it hastily....thinly pared lemon rind.paring
• VERB 削减；减少
  If youparesomethingdownorback, or if youpareit, you reduce it.
  1. The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third...
     部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
  2. The luxury tax won't really do much to pare down the budget deficit...
     奢侈品税其实对削减预算赤字并不会有多少帮助。
  3. The United States can pare back its military presence in Asia as well...
     美国还可以削减其在亚洲的军事力量。
  4. Local authorities must pare their budgets.
     地方政府必须削减预算。

双语例句

• This would mean slicing into food budgets already pared to the bone.
  这将意味着在已削减到最低限度的食品预算上再切一刀。
• Industrial production came blasting back and declines in exports were less precipitous, as inventories were already pared.
  工业生产强劲回升，出口跌势趋缓，而库存已经缩减。
• I should like to see this apparatus pared down to the weakest and most natural set of assumptions that might still provide an adequate foundation for the scientific applications.
  我希望这套装置能削减至最弱化的和最自然的一组假定，而仍可以为其在科学上的应用提供合适的基础。
• After that comment, BofA pared back its proprietary trading activities and sold its prime brokerage business serving hedge funds.
  上述评论发表后，美国银行缩减了其自营交易活动，并且售出了其服务于对冲基金业的主要经纪业务。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third
  部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
• The rough edges need to be pared off.
  毛糙的边角需要修掉。
• And, of course, as we go on, as I'll show you, the curls and the beard are pared away, and you're left more with that blinding whiteness.
  确实，我们继续，我会向你们展示，卷曲状和胡须状的图像，慢慢褪去，你们仍旧会看到亮白色。
• He pared each stick down to a thin strip.
  他把那些木棍儿都削得细细儿的。
• Companies also pared dividends, cutting into investor returns.
  但经过90年代之后，股市市值变得过高，企业也削减股息，降低了投资者回报。
• With a knife she pared down the stick.
  她用刀子把那根木棒削细。