pare down

1 They are trying to whittle down our salaries.

他们正著手削减我们的薪水。

2 We have cut down the non-productive expenditure.

我们已削减了非生产性开支。

3 Their demands had narrowed down to only two points.

他们的要求已减少到只有两点。

4 We shall have to prune down our expenditure a bit.

我们有必要把开支减少一些。

5 The luxury tax won't really do much to pare down the budget deficit.

奢侈品税其实对削减预算赤字并不会有多少帮助。

6 We were asked to pare down our budget.

我们被要求削减预算.

7 We must pare down expenses.

我们必须减少费用.

8 I moved immediately after the election to pare down radically the size of the executive branch.

大选后,我立即采取行动,大肆削减行政部门的人员.

9 With less money coming in, we had to pare down household expenses.

收入减少了, 我们不得不紧缩家庭开支.

10 Both unemployed, the Lamb couple had to pare down their household expenses.

兰姆夫妇俩都失业, 不得不减少家庭开支.

11 Jane makes less money now, so she had to pare down her expenses.

珍现在赚钱比较少, 所以她必须减少花费.

12 Both unemployed, the Lamp couple had to pare down their house hold expenses.

由于俩人都失业了, 兰姆夫妇不得不减少家庭开支.

1 修掉

pared-down

2 逐渐削减

paring pare

3 减少

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4 削减

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5 节省

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