1.干梅子；西梅干；李子干a dried plum that is often eaten cooked
stewed prunes炖梅脯
1.修剪树枝；打杈to cut off some of the branches from a tree, bush, etc. so that it will grow better and stronger
When should you prune apple trees?苹果树应该什么时候剪枝？
He pruned the longer branches off the tree.他把较长的树枝剪掉了。
The hedge needs pruning back.树篱需要修剪了。
2.~ sth (back)裁减；削减；精简to make sth smaller by removing parts; to cut out parts of sth
Staff numbers have been pruned back to 175.员工的数量已精简到 175 人。
Prune out any unnecessary details.把无关紧要的细节统统删掉。
Prune away the extraneous stuff and get to the heart of the matter.
清除掉外来多余信息，直达事情的主要中心。
When his mother sent over coffee-cake or prune tarts or a loaf of fresh bread, Polly seemed to regard them with a certain suspicion.
当他的母亲发出超过咖啡蛋糕或修剪挞或新鲜面包，波莉似乎把具有一定怀疑他们。
The moment you step into a garden and begin to cultivate and prune, you become a killer.
当你踏入花园，开始耕种修剪的时候，你就开始残杀生命了（而你却不自知）。…
Then he took prune buds from healthy prune trees and grafted them onto the young almond trees .
然后他从茂盛的梅树上把梅芽取下，嫁接到那些杏树苗上。
If you could prune away the unnecessary adjectives in this essay, it would be improved.
如果你把论文中不必要的形容词删去，会使文章更好。
There was a fruit grower who was looking for a company that could furnish him twenty thousand prune trees in only nine months.
有一个果树栽培者想找一家公司在九个月内为他提供两万棵梅子树。
But urban development has blighted its scenery, leading officials to prune some of the latest additions to its landscape.
但是，城市的发展却破坏了她的景致，领导们决定对城市景观进行修整，于是有了以上举动。
Prune to remove broken branches or to get street and sidewalk clearance anytime.
修剪除去斷了的樹枝或令到街道和人行道在任何時候都沒有障礙物。
By understanding how, when and why to prune, and by following a few simple principles, this objective can be achieved.
通过了解如何，何时和为什么要修剪，并遵循一些简单的原则，这一目标可以实现。
At the end of the month, go through your filing cabinet and prune any files you don't think you'll ever need again.
在月末，检查你的文件柜和消除一些你认为再不需要的文件。
The Philippine government has urged the return of gems worth more than $310m, and including a Burmese ruby said to be as big as a prune.
菲律宾政府已敦促将价值超过3.1亿美元的宝石归还给马科斯夫人，其中包括一颗据说大如李子的缅甸红宝石。
When a firm finds products or businesses that no longer fit its overall strategy, it must carefully prune, harvest or divest them.
什么时候坚定发现产品或者生意那不再健康它的总策略，仔细删节必须，收获或者剥夺他们。
I realized I'm going to have that weird kid at the party with the dairy-free prune juice cookies.
我意识到当这个与众不同的孩子出现在聚会上时那里将不能有任何的奶制品，也没有果汁曲奇。
The era of ever-growing channel choice is coming to an end; cable and satellite distributors will begin to prune the least popular ones.
频道选择日益丰富的时代即将终结。有线电视和无线电视分销商将开始削减最不受欢迎的节目。
Prune to allow for light penetration or to frame a view.
修剪以獲得充足的光線和令外觀更美。
The government has begun to make spending cuts, but these fall far short of what may be required to prune an overgrown public sector.
政府已着手削减开支，但是这和那过于庞大的公共部门应受到的裁减来说，差太远了。
And the lambs must be supervised so they do not prune too much.
并且这些羔羊必须被监督，以防止他们修剪过多。
to help it flourish, you'll need to prune it and tend to it properly (just as we train children).
为了使得树木茂盛，你需要适当地修建和照看它（如同我们训练小孩）。
God said, "no, you must grow on your own, but I will prune you to make you fruitful" .
上帝说：“不，你必须自己成长，但我可以修正你的缺点，使你获得累累硕果。”
if he find you prune not just only quickset hedge, image what may lost for you.
如果他发现你修剪的不仅仅是树篱，想象一下你会失去什么。
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