paring

英 [ˈpeərɪŋ]

美 [ˈperɪŋ]

n.  削下的皮; (指甲、水果、蔬菜等的)削去物
v.  削皮; 去皮; 逐步减小(数量或体积); 使缩小; 修剪(指甲等)
pare的现在分词

现在分词：paring　复数：parings　

BNC.48355 / COCA.27197

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 削下的皮；（指甲、水果、蔬菜等的）削去物
  Paringsare thin pieces that have been cut off things such as a fingernails, fruit, or vegetables.
  1. ...nail parings.
     剪掉的指甲
  2. ...vegetable parings.
     剥下的菜叶

英英释义

noun

• (usually plural) a part of a fruit or vegetable that is pared or cut off
  1. she could peel an apple with a single long paring
• a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something
  Synonym:slivershaving

双语例句

• While there was some paring of the initial sharp declines in equity and commodity prices yesterday, as short-selling bans were introduced in Italy and Spain, there is no mistaking the bearish tone.
  虽然随着意大利和西班牙颁布卖空禁令，股市和大宗商品价格最初的急剧下跌在昨日有所缓和，但市场基调无疑是看跌的。
• In campaign speeches, he has spoken in fairly ruthless terms about the need to cut health and social security spending for instance by paring the cost of terminal care and by slashing the prescription drugs bill.
  在竞选演说中，他曾相当坚决地表示，需要削减医疗和社会保障方面的支出比如削减临终关怀的支出，并大幅减少处方药费用。
• People have also reacted swiftly to the current problems, paying down debt and paring back purchases out of prudence or necessity.
  人们对当前问题也迅速作出了反应，无论是出于谨慎或者必要，他们纷纷偿还债务并减少支出。
• Credit Suisse and Barclays are also paring staff as banks slash expenses to meet ambitious profit targets.
  各银行为实现雄心勃勃的利润指标而着手削减支出之际，瑞信（creditsuisse）和巴克莱（barclays）也计划进行裁员。
• He was busy paring apples in the kitchen.
  他忙着在厨房里削苹果。
• In the paring down of genetic material and the production of several slave races of humans, the information for the unconscious was lost.
  在基因材料剥落下跌和人类几个奴隶族的制造中，关于无意识的信息被丢失。
• Be diversified and disciplined, investing from a position of financial health rather than weakness. This is not the time to ignore paring down your debt, for instance.
  注意分散化投资，自我约束，在财务状况健康时而非疲弱时进行投资；举例来说，现在可不是忽略偿债需要的时候。
• But it also shows how, after a year dealing with a multi-billion dollar trading loss, credit rating downgrades, increased regulations and a slow market for deals, even Dimon appears to be paring back his vision.
  但它同时表明，1年来，面对数十亿美元的交易损失、遭到下调的信贷评级、更为严格的监管和疲软的交易市场，甚至连戴蒙似乎都开始变得收敛起来。
• Paring down items in the kitchen, bathroom and pantry in separate chunks will make an otherwise-daunting task much more approachable.
  减少厨房、浴室及食品储藏室的东西并整理分类，会让本来令人却步的工作变得更加容易着手。
• The US is faced with the choice of either paring back its budget deficits and monetary base as soon as the current risks of deflation dissipate, or setting the stage for a potential upsurge in inflation.
  美国面临一个选择：是一旦当前的通缩风险消失，就立刻削减预算赤字和货币基数，还是迎接可能的通胀飙升。