今天我們要學的詞是pare. Pare is spelled p-a-r-e; pare. Pare 是“削減”的意思。

美國社交網站Facebook星期五上市，開盤價每股38美元，在第一天的交易中，Facebook pares gains as shares trade at little above the offering price after opening up at 11%. Facebook在股價升高百分之11后，漲幅縮減，價格回落到開盤價附近。Pope Benedict XVI told people to share resources and pare lifestyles down to the essentials to cope with the economic crisis. 教皇本篤十六世告訴人們，通過共享資源和將生活消費削減到最基本水平來應對經濟危機。The Indian parliament approved a plan for higher taxes to help pare the country's fiscal deficit. 印度國會批準了一項增稅計劃，幫助減輕印度的財政赤字。 今天我們學習的詞是pare, pare, pare...