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。
• 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。
• Over the past year or so Spain has pared pensions and written debt limits into the constitution.
  过去一年多来，西班牙双管齐下，一方面削减养老金，另一方面将债务限额写进宪法。
• 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 rough edges need to be pared off.
  毛糙的边角需要修掉。
• 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。
• She pared the two corns on her little toes.
  她削去小脚趾上的两个鸡眼。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third
  部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
• 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。
• The potatoes were pared and cut into chunks.
  马铃薯被削了皮并切成了块。