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

• He pared each stick down to a thin strip.
  他把那些木棍儿都削得细细儿的。
• Our budget has been pared to the bone.
  我们的预算已削减到最低限度。
• 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。
• 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。
• With a knife she pared down the stick.
  她用刀子把那根木棒削细。
• The potatoes were pared and cut into chunks.
  马铃薯被削了皮并切成了块。
• 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。
• A part that is pared or cut off; especially skin or peel.
  削或切下的部分，特别指皮肤。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third
  部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
• 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。