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单词 pare
释义
pare
verb[Toften+ adv/prep]
uk
/peər/us
/per/
tocutaway theouterlayerfrom something,especiallyafruitor avegetable:
削（尤指水果或蔬菜的）皮
He wasbusyparingapplesin thekitchen.他正忙着在厨房里削苹果。
Pareoffanybitsof thecarrotsthat don'tlookverynice.把胡萝卜看上去不太好的地方都削掉。
toreducesomething,especiallyby alargeamount:
（尤指大量地）削减，减少
The three-hourplayhas been pared(down/back)to twohours.这出三个小时的戏被缩短成了两小时。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Removing the skin or seed from fruit & vegetables
  • core
  • hull
  • peel
  • pit
  • pitted
  • seed
  • seeded
  • shell
  • shelling
  • shuck
  • skinless
  • spud bashing
  • stone
  • stoned
  • top
  • top and tailidiom
  • winnow

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Becoming and making smaller or less

Idiom

paresomething(down) to the bone
(Definition ofparefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

pare| American Dictionary

pare
verb[T]
us
/peər/
tocutaway thethinouterlayerof something,esp.food, or toreducethesizeof something:
[M]Heturnedthebladeto pare off apieceofcheese.
[M]We have to pare down andeliminatethewasteandinefficiency.
[T]Simon had to pare theplay.
(Definition ofparefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

pare| Business English

pare
verb[T]
uk
/peər/us
toreduceanamountornumberof something:
Thecitymanageristryingtopare downthenumberoftax-exemptorganizationsthatdonateto thecity.
Eachdepartmentshouldsubmitplanstopare2.5%fromtheirbudgetsthisfiscalyear.
(Definition ofparefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpare

pare
Now, the term compadre, or its abbreviated formpare, is normally used in address to indicate intimacy and equality.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, we have heard few real proposals so far about where he intends to make the cuts and where resources are to be pared back.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Unfortunately, this railway network has, in the last 15 years, been pared down, and there have been cutbacks also in the maintenance of it.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
In times when budgets are being pared to the bone, the follow-up costs for new prestige projects are often neglected.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Presumably it could exist without that, but if youpareaway everything which there is equal reason to pare away, you are left with something very strange.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Through a rearrangement and a paring down of our present policies we can find the resources that are necessary to finance the enlargement of 100 million people.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
My personal recommendation would be to be a little more realistic here, and perhaps toparedown the agenda.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I say that a little more paring would be useful in this matter.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I do not want to see a penny pared off research and development in this field.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Senior posts need to be pared and the status of women in the secretariat needs to be enhanced.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They again asked for a number of alterations, and some were made, but the company were not pre- pared to make them all.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I shall be quite pre pared to announce them.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He will also be aware of the deep anxiety which many of us feel that our ground forces have already been pared to the bone.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
An advisory opinion under article 96 by the court becomes, in effect, a judgment inter pares.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The allegation that we distorted the record is pared down to a tiny philosophical point, and then practically dropped altogether.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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