pare down

英 [peə(r) daʊn]

美 [per daʊn]

减少；削减

英英释义

verb

• decrease gradually or bit by bit
  Synonym:pare

双语例句

• We have pare down our expenses to a bare minimum.
  我们已最大限度地削减了开支。
• But let's have a look at your paws: they're a mighty length, I'll have to pare your nails down a bit.
  你把脚掌伸出来让我看看。哎呀，你指甲太长，我得把你的指甲剪下来一点！
• The answer is maybe, if you are careful to pare down your endpoint to bare bones data types and semantics.
  也许可以，如果您小心地将端点减少到基本数据类型和语义。
• He took pains to pare and polish himself down to the pattern of the rest of the world, but he never succeeded.
  他煞费苦心地要把自己修饰得能赶上潮流，可是他始终没能如愿以偿。
• In other words they instinctively pare down the solution space and have a well-developed sense of which parts of it are most likely to yield results.
  换句话说，他们会本能地削减解决方案空间，而且对于哪一部分更有可能产生结果，他们的感觉更加敏锐。
• Both unemployed, the Lamp couple had to pare down their house hold expenses.
  由于俩人都失业了，兰姆夫妇不得不减少家庭开支。
• Pare down your bath countertop to the things you really like or need to have handy, then store the rest.
  削减您放到浴室里的厨房桌上的东西，如果你真的很喜欢或需要就储存在剩余的空间。
• Pare down your desires.
  降低我们的欲望。
• I did want to pare down my political involvements to a minimum.
  我的确想尽量少参加些政治活动。
• I moved immediately after the election to pare down radically the size of the executive branch.
  大选后，我立即采取行动，大肆削减行政部门的人员。