| 释义 |
pare down
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | pare down - decrease gradually or bit by bitpareminify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff" |
Translations
pare down
pare (something) down1. Literally, to shave off small pieces of something to make it smaller. You need to pare down your nails—they're like little daggers! If you pair the boards down on either side, they should fit into the space.2. To reduce or decrease something in small increments. We've had to continually pare down out expenses ever since one of our investors pulled out. See if you can pare your report down a bit—15 pages is far too long.See also: down, parepare something down (to something)to cut someone down to something or a smaller size. I will have to pare the budget down to the minimum. I hope we can pare down the budget. After much arguing, we pared it down.See also: down, parepare downv.1. To reduce the size of something by cutting or shaving off its outer layers; trim something: I pared down the tiles so that they would fit snugly together. The pegs were too big for the hole, so I pared them down with a pocketknife.2. To reduce the size or amount of something by gradually taking away parts of it: We should pare down the supplies we keep in our storage room until we have only what we absolutely need. The article was too long, and it took me a long time to pare it down.See also: down, parepare down
Related to pare down: catch up, stick to, the likes of, pare offSynonyms for pare downverb decrease gradually or bit by bitSynonymsRelated Words |