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

• And, of course, as we go on, as I'll show you, the curls and the beard are pared away, and you're left more with that blinding whiteness.
  确实，我们继续，我会向你们展示，卷曲状和胡须状的图像，慢慢褪去，你们仍旧会看到亮白色。
• 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。
• He took out a slab of cheese, pared off a slice and ate it hastily.
  他拿出一大块奶酪，切下一片，匆忙吃了。
• At midday in New York, in the currency market, the dollar had pared early losses and was trading 0.2 per cent firmer on a trade-weighted basis, a 10-month low.
  纽约午盘时分的外汇市场上，美元收回了早些时候的跌幅，贸易加权汇率上升了0.2%，为10个月来的低点。
• With a knife she pared down the stick.
  她用刀子把那根木棒削细。
• The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third
  部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
• 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。
• The potatoes were pared and cut into chunks.
  马铃薯被削了皮并切成了块。
• 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。
• 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。