reduce
verb
rɪˈdjuːs
verb
1
to
make
something
smaller
or
less
in
size,
amount,
or
price
缩小; 减少; 降低;
T
The
governor
announced
a
new
plan
to
reduce
crime.
州长宣布了一项降低犯罪率的新计划。
The
helmet
law
should
reduce
injuries
in
motorcycle
accidents.
头盔法的制定应该能减少摩托车事故中的受伤事件。
Small
businesses
will
need
to
reduce
costs
in
order
to
survive.
小企业要想生存必须削减成本。
reduce
sth
by
sth
The
workforce
has
been
reduced
by
half.
职工人数已减少一半。
reduce
sth
(from
sth)
to
sth
All
the
shirts
were
reduced
to
£10.
所有衬衫都减价至 10 英镑。
The
new
bridge
should
reduce
travelling
time
from
50
minutes
to
15
minutes.
新建的桥应能使 50 分钟的行程缩减到 15 分钟。
2
if
you
reduce
a
liquid,
or
if
it
reduces,
you
boil
it
so
that
there
is
less
of
it
〔煮沸液体以〕（使）浓缩
I,T
3
to
become
thinner
by
losing
weight
[尤美] 减肥;
I | especially AmE
4
be in reduced circumstances
to
be
poorer
than
you
were
before
[过时] 〔比过去〕境况不济，生活拮据
old-fashioned
5
reduce sb to tears/silence etc
to
make
someone
cry,
be
silent
etc
使某人流泪/沉默等
She
was
reduced
to
tears
in
front
of
her
students.
她在学生面前流下了眼泪。
6
reduce sb to doing sth
to
make
someone
do
something
they
would
rather
not
do,
especially
when
it
involves
behaving
or
living
in
a
way
that
is
not
as
good
as
before
迫使某人做某事; 使某人沦落到做某事的地步
Eventually
Charlotte
was
reduced
to
begging
on
the
streets.
最后夏洛特被迫沦落到沿街乞讨。
7
reduce sth to ashes/rubble/ruins
to
destroy
something,
especially
a
building,
completely
把某物〔尤指建筑物〕化为灰烬/变成瓦砾/夷为废墟等
A
massive
earthquake
reduced
the
city
to
rubble.
一场大地震把这座城市毁为瓦砾。
8
to
change
something
into
a
shorter
simpler
form
简化
Many
jobs
can
be
reduced
to
a
few
simple
points.
许多工作可以概括成简单的几点。