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

• 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。
• The GSEs will increase their existing portfolios until 2010, when they hope to start paring them back.
  两家GSE将增加现有资产组合，直至2010年&他们希望到那时开始剥离这些资产。
• 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。
• Temporary staffing companies, meanwhile, can seldom reduce their own fixed costs in time and are wary of paring too far for fear of missing the eventual upturn.
  与此同时，临时岗位招聘公司很少能够及时削减自己的固定成本，它们也担心成本削减太多，会错过形势最终好转的机会。
• A small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables. I tapered the end of the fence post with an ax.
  用来削水果或蔬菜的皮的小尖刀。我用斧头将篱笆桩顶端削尖。
• In fact, it has spent much of the last decade paring down its capacity in order to boost its fledgling profit margins.
  事实上，过去十年来该公司多数时间都在削减运力，以求提高脆弱的利润率。
• 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。
• After programmes have been decided on and a few pilot units have gained experience, the local organizations can start their paring down.
  我们的方案确定了，又有了几个典型经验，各地方就可以开始搞。
• 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。
• If you used a paring knife, remove it and push the core through the bottom of the apple with your fingers.
  如果你用的是水果刀，那么移掉它，用你的手指通过苹果底部将核挖出。