pare
vt. 削皮; 削减; 修剪(指甲等)
When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away, you cut off its skin or its outer layer.
Pare the brown skin from the meat with a very sharp knife...
用一把非常锋利的刀将褐色的皮从肉上剥去。
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。
If you pare something down or back, or if you pare it, you reduce it.
The number of Ministries has been pared down by a third...
部委的数量已经减少了1/3。
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。
1. decrease gradually or bit by bit
2. cut small bits or pare shavings from;
3. strip the skin off;
4. remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size;
You never pare the apple, sometimes even without washing.
你吃苹果从来不削皮, 甚至不洗.
The gains for mainland stocks helped Hong Kong pare an early decline.
在内地股市上涨的带动下,香港股市的早盘跌幅有所收窄.
A mode pare model of a geophone is presented with the emphasis on modes sli ding.
提出了地震检波器的模态对模型,强调了模态的滑动,指出地震检波器面临的问题是模态对的滑动.
Pare off the rind from the orange using a sharp knife.
用锋利的刀子削去橙子皮.
So the turmoil won't end until these sectors pare down their debt.
除非他们减少债务,否则混乱局面还是不会终止.