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

• 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。
• I had pared my possessions down to almost nothing.
  我已经把我的财产缩减到几乎一无所有了。
• In the reign of Their rights had been pared away under the last three kings.
  前三任国王统治期间他们的权利被一层一层地剥夺了。
• The potatoes were pared and cut into chunks.
  马铃薯被削了皮并切成了块。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third
  部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
• She pared the two corns on her little toes.
  她削去小脚趾上的两个鸡眼。
• 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。
• He pared each stick down to a thin strip.
  他把那些木棍儿都削得细细儿的。
• With a knife she pared down the stick.
  她用刀子把那根木棒削细。
• 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。