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• reduce   /rɪˈdjuːs/ DJ   /-ˈduːs/ DJ US   /rɪ'dus/ KK US
  • verb
    • to make something less or smaller in size, quantity, price, etc. 减少，缩小（尺寸、数量、价格等） VN ~ sth (from sth) (to sth) ~ sth (by sth)
      • Reduce speed now(= on a sign). 减速行驶。
      • Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year. 过去一年，各项费用已经减少了 20%。
      • Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease. 戒烟会减少得心脏病的风险。
      • The number of employees was reduced from 40 to 25. 雇员人数从 40 人减少到了 25 人。
    • if you reduce a liquid or a liquid reduces, you boil it so that it becomes less in quantity （使）蒸发 VN V
    • to lose weight by limiting the amount and type of food that you eat 减轻体重；节食 V American English informal
      • a reducing plan 节食计划
    • Idiom:
      reduced circumstances
      • the state of being poorer than you were before. People say living in reduced circumstances to avoid saying poor. （委婉说法，与 poor 同义）境况不济
    • Phrasal:
      reduce somebody/something (from something) to something/to doing something usually passive
      • to force somebody/something into a particular state or condition, usually a worse one 使陷入（更坏的）境地；使沦落；使陷入窘境
        • a beautiful building reduced to rubble 已化为残垣断壁的漂亮建筑
        • She was reduced to tears by their criticisms. 他们的批评使她流下了眼泪。
        • They were reduced to begging in the streets. 他们沦落到沿街乞讨。
    • Phrasal:
      reduce something to something
      • to change something to a more general or more simple form 将…概括成（或简化为）
        • We can reduce the problem to two main issues. 我们可以将这个问题概括成两个要点。

英语字典

• reduce
  • If you reduce something, you make it smaller in size or amount, or less in degree.
  • If someone is reduced to a weaker or inferior state, they become weaker or inferior as a result of something that happens to them.
  • If you say that someone is reduced to doing something, you mean that they have to do it, although it is unpleasant or embarrassing.

相关短语

• reduce somebody/something (from something) to something/to doing something
  使陷入（更坏的）境地；使沦落；使陷入窘境
• reduce something to something
  将…概括成（或简化为）
• reduce inventory
  缩短开发周期
• reduce sb. to tears
  使某人流泪

相关语言

• 以下语言中也有“reduce”： Italiano

同义词

• verb: diminish, decrease, lessen, abate, lower

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网络释义

• • cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
    
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• • make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"
    
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• • bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery"
    
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