pare

1. V-T When you pare something, or pare part of it off or away, you cut off its skin or its outer layer. 削皮; 去掉…外層

Pare the brown skin from the meat with a very sharp knife. 用一把非常鋒利的刀削掉肉上褐色的皮。

He took out a slab of cheese, pared off a slice and ate it hastily. 他拿出厚厚的一塊嬭酪，切下一片急匆匆地喫了。

2. V-T If you pare something down or back, or if you pare it, you reduce it. 削減

The governor's campaign fund could be pared down to $500. 州長競選活動基金可能會被削減到$500。

The luxury tax won't really do much to pare down the budget deficit. 奢侈品稅不能真的在削減預算赤字上起到多大作用。