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pare

/pɛr/

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1 · v.

to cut away the outer part of something or reduce its size

削皮；削减

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The editor decided to pare the long introduction down to two paragraphs.
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编辑决定把冗长的引言精简成两段。
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Pronunciation: /pɛr/

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