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

• The rough edges need to be pared off.
  毛糙的边角需要修掉。
• He pared each stick down to a thin strip.
  他把那些木棍儿都削得细细儿的。
• Hong Kong also extended its recent winning run, although it pared an early advance as investors opted to book profits.
  香港也延续了近期的连涨，但投资者选择获利兑现，缩小了盘初涨幅。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third
  部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
• Our budget has been pared to the bone.
  我们的预算已削减到最低限度。
• 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。
• Although forecasts for France and Germany were pared back slightly compared to commission forecasts last autumn, they remained significantly stronger than for Southern counterparts.
  尽管与去年秋季相比，欧盟委员会对法国和德国的预测略有降低，但它们依然远强于欧洲南部国家。
• 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 potatoes were pared and cut into chunks.
  马铃薯被削了皮并切成了块。
• She pared the two corns on her little toes.
  她削去小脚趾上的两个鸡眼。