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

• Our budget has been pared to the bone.
  我们的预算已削减到最低限度。
• He pared each stick down to a thin strip.
  他把那些木棍儿都削得细细儿的。
• Defence, like other budgets, must be pared back to boost fiscal credibility.
  为提高财政政策的可信度，国防预算与其他预算项目一样，也必须削减。
• This season brings together a clean, pared down collection with a focus on fit and quality, cleanness of line and purity of form.
  本季给我们带来了简洁的系列，注重剪裁和质量，线条的流畅和造型的精髓。
• 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。
• The potatoes were pared and cut into chunks.
  马铃薯被削了皮并切成了块。
• He took out a slab of cheese, pared off a slice and ate it hastily.
  他拿出一大块奶酪，切下一片，匆忙吃了。
• With a knife she pared down the stick.
  她用刀子把那根木棒削细。
• Father pared the apple, and cut into five slices for his five children.
  父亲削好苹果后，切成五等份，给我们兄妹五人每人一小片。
• 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。