| 词组 | pare |
| 释义 | pare [pared, pared, paring] pare away/off pare away/off sth • pare sth away/off to remove part of something, especially part of a debt: ▪ Engelhard Corporation said the restructuring and sale of businesses would pare away 35 percent of its debt. ▪ Borrowers can choose to repay the loan with 3 or 5 per cent pared off their monthly repayments. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑trim down pare back pare back sth • pare sth back to reduce something, especially in order to save money: ▪ In Mountain View School District, art programs have been pared back but not eliminated. ▪ Several Japanese companies have dramatically pared back their manufacturing investments this year. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑cut back pare down pare down sth • pare sth down to reduce the size of something, by getting rid of what you do not need: ▪ An editor helped Seth to pare the book down to a readable length. ▪ It is likely the company will continue to pare down its workforce over the next few years. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑trim down, ↑cut back pared-down adj only before noun reduced in size: ▪ The Senate Foreign Relations Committee accepted a pared-down version of the bill on Wednesday. |
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