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pare sth
指削去果蔬等的外皮；也可指修剪马蹄。
Pare the potatoes before cooking them.
烹饪前先把土豆削皮。
削皮；剥；削去
pared — past of pare
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削皮；剥；削去
to remove the outer skin or covering of something with a knife
Pare the potatoes before cooking them.
烹饪前先把土豆削皮。
用刀等切割工具削去某物的外皮或表层。
To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife.
逐渐削减或缩减某物。
To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.
修剪马蹄。
To trim the hoof of a horse.
pare
Base
原形
pares
3rd person
第三人称单数
paring
-ing
现在分词
pared
Past
过去式
pared
Past participle
过去分词
She pares the apple carefully.
她小心地削苹果。
He pared the costs significantly.
他大幅削减了成本。
They have pared the budget by 20%.
他们已经将预算削减了20%。
规则动词，意为'削（皮）'或'削减'。
She pared the budget by cutting unnecessary expenses.
她通过削减不必要的开支来缩减预算。
He pared the apple with a sharp knife.
他用一把锋利的刀削苹果。
The company has pared its staff by 20% over the past year.
过去一年，该公司裁员了20%。
指削去果蔬等的外皮；也可指修剪马蹄。
Pare the potatoes before cooking them.
烹饪前先把土豆削皮。
强调从某物表面去除外层，from 后接被剥离的整体。
She pared the skin from the apple with a small knife.
她用一把小刀削去苹果皮。
away/off 表示“去除”，宾语可放在两词之间或之后。
He pared away the damaged part of the wood.
他削掉了木头损坏的部分。
down/back 表示“削减、缩减”，常用于成本、开支或规模。
The company pared down its staff to save money.
公司为省钱而裁减了员工。
Not this
We need to pair down the budget.
Use this
We need to pare down the budget.
pair 与 pare 同音，但 pair 是名词或动词，表示“一对/配对”；pare down 是固定搭配，意为“逐步削减、缩减”。把 pair 改成 pare 才能表达“削减预算”。
Not this
She pared the banana.
Use this
She peeled the banana.
pare 指用刀具削去外皮，常用于苹果、土豆等；banana 的外皮通常用手剥，因此应用 peel。汉语“削/剥”可能混用，但英语要根据方式选择动词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
削苹果皮
She pared an apple and sliced it for the children.
她削了一个苹果并给孩子们切成片。
削去；剥除
Pare away the tough outer layer before cooking.
烹饪前先把坚硬的外层削去。
削减成本
They had to pare costs to stay competitive.
他们不得不削减成本以保持竞争力。
精简；削减
The budget was pared down to the essentials.
预算被削减到只剩下必要的项目。
修剪马蹄
A farrier must pare horses' hooves regularly.
蹄铁匠必须定期修剪马蹄。
削减；缩减
The manager asked us to pare down the report to just two pages.
经理要求我们把报告缩减到仅两页。
逐渐去除；消除
She pared away the irrelevant sections of the speech.
她删去了演讲中不相关的部分。
把某物削减到最低限度
To stay in business, the company had to pare its costs to the bone.
为了维持经营，公司不得不把成本削减到最低限度。
Use pared naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记法：pare 与 pear（梨）同音，想象给梨削皮的动作即 pare；由‘削皮’引申为‘削减、修剪’。
语域：mixed 常见场景：cooking: removing skin from fruit or vegetables、writing/business: paring down costs or text、equestrian care: trimming a horse's hoof pare 的语体随用法变化：表示“削皮”时日常口语不常用，通常更常说 peel；表示“削减、精简”时多用于书面或正式场合；表示“修马蹄”则属于专业语境。整体比较常见于书面语。
及物动词，后接宾语
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