pare
pare 英 [peə(r)] 美 [per]
vt. 消减；削皮；剪；修掉（边等）
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- To pare is to trim — like when you pare branches on a tree or pare down your expenses to save money.
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- vt. 消减；削皮；剪；修掉（边等）
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1. It will be necessary to pare this budget down considerably.
有必要大大地削减这笔预算。
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2. If your goals are general, pare them down into sub-goals, so that you have a schedule for each sub-goal too.
如果你的目标太笼统，那么就将它们分为小目标，那么你就也给每个小目标一个详细计划。
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3. pare Down Your Library: Clear off your bookshelves and put all the books in a box. Now you have empty shelves to work with.
削减你的藏书：把你的书架清理干净，把所有的书放进一个箱子里。现在就有了一个空的书架继续工作了。
- pare (v.) "to trim by cutting close," c. 1300, from Old French parer "arrange, prepare; trim, adorn," and directly from Latin parare "make ready, prepare, furnish, provide, arrange, order; contrive, design, intend, resolve; procure, acquire, obtain, get; get with money, buy, purchase" (related to parire "produce, bring forth, give birth to"), from PIE *par-a-, suffixed form of root *pere-(1) "to produce, procure." Generalized meaning "to reduce something little by little" is from 1520s. Related: Pared; paring.
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