pare 详细解释

pare

[pɛə]

v.削减, 剥或削(某物)的皮, 修剪(某物)边缘

vt.

1. 削(果子等)的皮; 剪; 修(指甲等)

The potatoes were pared and cut into chunks.

马铃薯被削了皮并切成了块。

2. 修掉(角、边等)[(+off/away)]

The rough edges need to be pared off.

毛糙的边角需要修掉。

3. 消减, 缩减[(+down/away)]

We were asked to pare down our budget.

我们被要求削减预算。

词形变化

名词: parer | 动词过去式: pared | 动词过去分词: pared | 动词现在分词: paring | 动词第三人称单数: pares |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.削皮; 剪; 削

peel  trim  skin  strip  scrape  

同义参见:

shell  shave  peel  minimize  lessen  

英英释义

动词 pare:

decrease gradually or bit by bit

同义词:pare down

cut small bits or pare shavings from

同义词:whittle

strip the skin off

同义词:skin, peel

remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size

同义词:trim

短语词组

pare down

1. 削减; 减少

The government was trying hard to pare down its expenses.

政府正竭力削减开支。

补充

parepare英:[pɛə] 美:[pɛr]vt.1.削掉It isn't necessary to pare the peel off before you eat that fruit.你吃那种水果前不必削掉果皮。

例句

1. 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削去。 2. She thinly pared the lemon rind.她切下薄薄一层柠檬外皮。 3. He pared his nails with a penknife.他用一把袖珍折刀修剪指甲。 4. She was paring an apple with a knife when I came in.当我进屋时她正在用刀削苹果。 5. I have pared my nails to the quick.我把指甲剪到肉根。 6. pare off potatoes削马铃薯 7. The editor pared down an essay for publication.编辑把文章删节后供发表。 8. pare off the rind using a peeler.用削皮器削去外壳。 9. union leaders publicly pared down their demands.工会领袖们公开减少了他们的要求。 10. we pared costs by doing our own cleaning.我们通过自己做清洁工作逐步减少了成本。 11. First, pare the rind from the lemon.首先,你要将柠檬削皮。 12. She pared the apple.她把苹果削了皮。 13. The training budget has been pared back to a minimum.培训预算已被削减到最低水平。 14. pare an apple削苹果 15. She was paring [=(more commonly) trimming] her fingernails.她正在修手指甲。 16. pare away any brown spots on the avocado.把鳄梨上的所有棕色斑点削掉。 17. The company has to find a way to pare expenses.公司得找个办法削减开支。 18. The budget has been pared to the bone. [=reduced as much as possible]预算已削减到最低程度。 19. The book was pared down to 200 pages.那本书被压缩到200页。 20. The company has to pare down the office staff.公司不得不裁员。 21. The pared-down staff was forced to work longer hours.裁员后,在职员工被迫延长工作时间。