reduce
vt. 减少, 分解, 降低, 使衰退, 把...分解, 把...归纳 vi. 减少, 减肥, 缩小 [计] 缩小
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教材释义与例句
减少；降低；使处于；把…分解
to make something smaller or less in size, amount, or price
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.
头盔法的实施应该能减少摩托车事故的受伤率。
Small businesses will need to reduce costs in order to survive.
小企业要想生存必须削减成本。
释义与例句
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To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
减少
降低
及物to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.
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To lose weight.
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To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
及物to reduce a sergeant to the ranks
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To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
及物to reduce a province or a fort
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To bring to an inferior state or condition.
及物to reduce a city to ashes
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To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy).
及物reduced to silence
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To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off.
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To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
还原
及物 化学Formaldehyde can be reduced to form methanol.
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To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
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To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
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To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
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To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
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To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
及物 法律It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing.
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To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
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To reform a line or column from (a square).
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To strike off the payroll.
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To annul by legal means.
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To pronounce (a sound or word) with less effort.
及物 语言学The first vowel of support is reduced to schwa by most English speakers.
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To translate (a book, document, etc.).
废旧 及物a book reduced into English
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词源
From Middle English reducen, from Old French reduire, from Latin redūcō (“reduce”); from re- (“back”) + dūcō (“lead”). See duke, and compare with redoubt.
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