reduce

英 [rɪˈdjuːs]

美 [rɪˈduːs]

v.  减少，缩小(尺寸、数量、价格等); (使)蒸发; 减轻体重; 节食

过去分词：reduced　现在分词：reducing　第三人称单数：reduces　过去式：reduced　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.567 / COCA.701

同义词辨析

decreasediminishlessenreduce【导航词义：减少，降低】

短语用例

reduce sb/sth (from sth) to sth/to doing sth

• 使陷入（更坏的）境地；使沦落；使陷入窘境
  to force sb/sth into a particular state or condition, usually a worse one
  1. Reduce speed now (= on a sign) .
     减速行驶。
  2. Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.
     过去一年，各项费用已经减少了20%。
  3. Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease.
     戒烟会减少得心脏病的风险。
  4. The number of employees was reduced from 40 to 25.
     雇员人数从40人减少到了25人。
  5. The skirt was reduced to £10 in the sale.
     在大减价期间，这条裙子减价到10英镑。

reduce sth to sth

• 将…概括成（或简化为）
  to change sth to a more general or more simple form
  1. a reducing plan
     节食计划

习惯用语

v.

reduced circumstances
• （委婉说法，与poor同义）境况不济
  the state of being poorer than you were before. People say living in reduced circumstances to avoid saying poor .

牛津词典

verb

• 减少，缩小（尺寸、数量、价格等）
  to make sth less or smaller in size, quantity, price, etc.
  1. Reduce speed now (= on a sign) .
     减速行驶。
  2. Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.
     过去一年，各项费用已经减少了20%。
  3. Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease.
     戒烟会减少得心脏病的风险。
  4. The number of employees was reduced from 40 to 25.
     雇员人数从40人减少到了25人。
  5. The skirt was reduced to £10 in the sale.
     在大减价期间，这条裙子减价到10英镑。
• （使）蒸发
  if you reduce a liquid or a liquid reduces , you boil it so that it becomes less in quantity
• 减轻体重；节食
  to lose weight by limiting the amount and type of food that you eat
  1. a reducing plan
     节食计划
• 使还原
  to add one or more electrons to a substance or to remove oxygen from a substance

柯林斯词典

• VERB 减少；减小；减轻
  If youreducesomething, you make it smaller in size or amount, or less in degree.
  1. It reduces the risks of heart disease...
     这降低了患心脏病的风险。
  2. Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent...
     消费下降了25个百分点。
  3. The reduced consumer demand is also affecting company profits.
     消费需求的降低也影响到了公司的利润。
• VERB 使沦为，使陷入（不好的境地）
  If someoneis reduced toa weaker or inferior state, they become weaker or inferior as a result of something that happens to them.
  1. They were reduced to extreme poverty...
     他们陷入极端贫困的状态。
  2. They wanted the army reduced to a police force.
     他们想把这支队伍降级为一支警察部队。
• VERB 迫使;使不得不（做）；使只得
  If you say that someoneis reduced todoing something, you mean that they have to do it, although it is unpleasant or embarrassing.
  1. He was reduced to begging for a living.
     他不得不以乞讨为生。
• VERB 使变成;使简化为
  If something is changed to a different or less complicated form, you can say that itis reduced tothat form.
  1. All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble...
     城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。
  2. Politics has been reduced to class struggle.
     政治变成了阶级斗争。
• V-ERG （烹调中）使变浓稠，收汁
  If youreduceliquid when you are cooking, or if itreduces, it is boiled in order to make it less in quantity and thicker.
  1. Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half...
     用小炖锅炖，收一半汤汁。
  2. Simmer until mixture reduces.
     用小火煮到汤汁收浓。
• PHRASE 境况变差;生活拮据
  If you say that someone is livingin reduced circumstances, you mean that they do not have as much money as they used to have.
  1. They are the descendants of emperors and kings and are now living in reduced circumstances.
     他们是帝王的后代，但是现在境况大不如前了。
• PHRASE 使…无言
  If someone or somethingreducesyouto silence, they make you feel so upset or confused that you cannot speak.
  1. Her challenge reduced them to silence.
     她的质问让他们哑口无言。
• PHRASE 使…落泪
  If someone or somethingreducesyouto tears, they make you feel so unhappy that you cry.
  1. The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.
     媒体的关注把她弄哭了。

英英释义

verb

• take off weight
  Synonym:melt offlose weightslimslenderizethinslim down
• lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
  1. cut bourbon
  Synonym:dilutethinthin outcut
• narrow or limit
  1. reduce the influx of foreigners
  Synonym:tighten
• cook until very little liquid is left
  1. The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
  Synonym:boil downconcentrate
• be cooked until very little liquid is left
  1. The sauce should reduce to one cup
  Synonym:boil downdecoctconcentrate
• be the essential element
  1. The proposal boils down to a compromise
  Synonym:come downboil down
• 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
  Synonym:deoxidizedeoxidise
• make smaller
  1. reduce an image
  Synonym:scale down
• reduce in size
  1. Hot water will shrink the sweater
  2. Can you shrink this image?
  Synonym:shrink
• make less complex
  1. reduce a problem to a single question
• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
  1. The manuscript must be shortened
  Synonym:abridgeforeshortenabbreviateshortencutcontract
• cut down on
  1. reduce your daily fat intake
  2. The employer wants to cut back health benefits
  Synonym:cut downcut backtrimtrim downtrim backcutbring down
• destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
• reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
• undergo meiosis
  1. The cells reduce
• lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
  1. She reduced her niece to a servant
• simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
• lessen and make more modest
  1. reduce one's standard of living
• bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
  1. He reduced the population to slavery
• put down by force or intimidation
  1. The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
  2. China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
  3. The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
  Synonym:repressquashkeep downsubduesubjugate

双语例句

• They were reduced to extreme poverty
  他们陷入极端贫困的状态。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are the descendants of emperors and kings and are now living in reduced circumstances.
  他们是帝王的后代，但是现在境况大不如前了。
• It should be possible to reduce leakage from pipes.
  应该可以减少管道的渗漏量。
• Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half
  用小炖锅炖，收一半汤汁。
• The government had committed billions of pounds for a programme to reduce acid rain
  政府已经给一个旨在减少酸雨的方案拨了几十亿英镑。
• The design of the bicycle has managed to reduce the effects of wind resistance and drag.
  这种自行车的设计成功地减少了风的阻力和摩擦力。
• Her challenge reduced them to silence.
  她的质问让他们哑口无言。
• Some in the market now want government regulation in order to reduce costs.
  现在一些市场人士希望政府实施调控，以降低成本。