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
- 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。 - In short, you'll pare down the problem spots that are coming between you and your much-loved denim.
总之，你和你深爱的牛仔裤之间的问题会越来越少。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - The restraints on the family budget of a limited income With less money coming in, we had to pare down household expenses.
有限的收入对家庭开支预算的约束收入减少了，我们不得不紧缩家庭开支。 - 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。 - 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！ - 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。 - We have pare down our expenses to a bare minimum.
我们已最大限度地削减了开支。