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reduce

英 [rɪ'djuːs] 美[rɪ'dʊs]

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vt. 减少；降低；使处于；把…分解
vi. 减少；缩小；归纳为

英英释意

1. cut down on; make a reduction in;: "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

2. make less complex;: "reduce a problem to a single question"

3. bring to humbler or weaker state or condition;: "He reduced the population to slavery"

4. simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

5. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation;: "She reduced her niece to a servant"

6. be the essential element;: "The proposal boils down to a compromise"

7. reduce in size; reduce physically;: "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"

8. lessen and make more modest;: "reduce one's standard of living"

9. make smaller;: "reduce an image"

10. to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons

11. narrow or limit;: "reduce the influx of foreigners"

12. put down by force or intimidation;: "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

13. undergo meiosis;: "The cells reduce"

14. reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

15. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;: "The manuscript must be shortened"

16. be cooked until very little liquid is left;: "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

17. cook until very little liquid is left;: "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

18. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture;: "cut bourbon"

19. take off weight

双语例句

1. The job losses will reduce the total workforce to 7,000.: 职位减少后，在职工人总数将减至7,000人。

2. He finally corrected his misstatement and offered to reduce the fee.: 他终于纠正了自己的错误说法，提出要减少费用。

3. The plan is designed to reduce some of the company's mountainous debt.: 该计划旨在减少公司堆积如山的债务。

4. The agency should reduce turnaround time by 11 per cent.: 该代理机构应削减11%的周转时间。

5. They believed that controlling the money supply would reduce inflation.: 他们相信控制货币供应量会减少通货膨胀。