pare down

英 [peə(r) daʊn]

美 [per daʊn]

减少；削减

英英释义

verb

• decrease gradually or bit by bit
  Synonym:pare

双语例句

• One way to deal with overload is to pare down commitments, as Leo Babauta describes in his beautiful post, How to be less busy in a busy, busy world.
  要处理这种情绪上的负担，有一种办法就是像利欧·巴布塔在他的博客美文《如何在纷繁世界中泰然生活》中所说的，适当放低对自己的要求。
• The restraints on the family budget of a limited income With less money coming in, we had to pare down household expenses.
  有限的收入对家庭开支预算的约束收入减少了，我们不得不紧缩家庭开支。
• Pare down your desires.
  降低我们的欲望。
• Last week he launched a campaign against official excess, calling on officials to pare down feasts.
  上周他发起遏制官员铺张浪费的努力，呼吁官员们“简化接待”。
• In response, Samsung is working to pare down its crowded smartphone lineup. It's also making a major move into India to capture more of the low-cost phone market.
  作为应对，三星正在削减它臃肿的智能手机部门，并大举进军印度争夺更多的低端手机市场。
• Pare down your list of possible occupations based on what you learned from your research.
  你做的调查尽的削减清单上的职业。
• Both unemployed, the Lamp couple had to pare down their house hold expenses.
  由于俩人都失业了，兰姆夫妇不得不减少家庭开支。
• In short, you'll pare down the problem spots that are coming between you and your much-loved denim.
  总之，你和你深爱的牛仔裤之间的问题会越来越少。
• We have pare down our expenses to a bare minimum.
  我们已最大限度地削减了开支。
• But let's have a look at your paws: they're a mighty length, I'll have to pare your nails down a bit.
  你把脚掌伸出来让我看看。哎呀，你指甲太长，我得把你的指甲剪下来一点！