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

• 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。
• 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。
• The yen initially rallied on Monday morning but pared its gains after the announcement.
  在周一交易中，日元汇率起初走高，但在注资消息宣布后回吐了涨幅。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third
  部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
• With a knife she pared down the stick.
  她用刀子把那根木棒削细。
• 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。