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
- 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。 - 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。 - Note that there also instructions on how to pare down the Eclipse system to give you just the bits you need.
注意，还有一些指令用来简化Eclipse系统，以便刚好满足您的需要。 - 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。 - 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！ - With less money coming in, we had to pare down household expenses.
收入减少了，我们不得不紧缩家庭开支。 - Pare down your desires.
降低我们的欲望。 - 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。 - 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”。