pare

削皮、削、剝

She pared the apples carefully before slicing them into the pie.

她仔細把蘋果削皮，再切片放進派裡。

削減、縮減

The company pared its workforce by nearly a third last year.

公司去年把人力削減了將近三分之一。

修剪

He sat by the window paring his fingernails with a small knife.

他坐在窗邊用小刀修剪指甲。

精簡、縮減

We need to pare down the report to two pages.

我們得把報告精簡成兩頁。