pare down
英 [peə(r) daʊn]
美 [per daʊn]
减少；削减
英英释义
verb
- decrease gradually or bit by bit
双语例句
- 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。 - Whatever the reason, there are several grassroots movements afoot that have average Joes trying to pare down their possessions and do more living with less stuff.
不论是什么原因，有一些属于草根们的活动，一些普通人正在进行着，来减少自己的所有物，更少的东西带来更多的生活。 - One way to deal with overload is to pare down commitments, as Leo Babauta describes in his beautiful post, How to be less busy in a busy, busy world.
要处理这种情绪上的负担，有一种办法就是像利欧·巴布塔在他的博客美文《如何在纷繁世界中泰然生活》中所说的，适当放低对自己的要求。 - We have pare down our expenses to a bare minimum.
我们已最大限度地削减了开支。 - Last week he launched a campaign against official excess, calling on officials to pare down feasts.
上周他发起遏制官员铺张浪费的努力，呼吁官员们“简化接待”。 - Pare down your list of possible occupations based on what you learned from your research.
你做的调查尽的削减清单上的职业。 - Pare down your email inbox. – As a first step, cancel any email newsletter subscriptions that you do not read anymore.
清理你的收件箱。第一步，删掉每一封你再也用不着看的时事订阅刊。 - In response, Samsung is working to pare down its crowded smartphone lineup. It's also making a major move into India to capture more of the low-cost phone market.
作为应对，三星正在削减它臃肿的智能手机部门，并大举进军印度争夺更多的低端手机市场。 - We were asked to pare down our budget.
我们被要求削减预算。 - 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。