reduce

reduce　英 [rɪˈdju:s] 　美 [rɪˈdus]

v. 减少，降低；陷入　

进行时:reducing　过去式:reduced　过去分词:reduced　第三人称单数:reduces　

She tried to reduce her weight.　她设法降低她的体重。

Reduce speed now.　减速行驶。

You reduce something when you lessen its volume, size, or degree. That's why we say when someone goes on a diet, it's because they want to reduce; it's a polite way of suggesting they need to drop pounds and become a smaller size.

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v. 减少，降低；陷入

1. She tried to reduce her weight.

她设法降低她的体重。
2. Reduce speed now.

减速行驶。
3. Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease.

戒烟会减少得心脏病的风险。
4. Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.

过去一年，成本支出已经减少了 20%。
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。
6. a reducing plan

节食计划
7. a beautiful building reduced to rubble

已化为残垣断壁的漂亮建筑
8. She was reduced to tears by their criticisms.

他们的批评使她流下了眼泪。

reduce (v.) late 14c., "bring back," from Old French reducer (14c.), from Latin reducere "lead back, bring back," figuratively "restore, replace," from re- "back" (see re-) + ducere "bring, lead," from PIE root *deuk- "to lead." Meaning "bring to an inferior condition" is 1570s; that of "bring to a lower rank" is 1640s (military reduce to ranks is from 1802); that of "subdue by force of arms" is 1610s. Sense of "to lower, diminish, lessen" is from 1787. Related: Reduced; reducing.

re·duce ★ / rɪˈdjuːs ; NAmE rɪˈduːs / verb 1 ★ [transitive ] to make sth less or smaller in size, quantity, price, etc. 减少，缩小（尺寸、数量、价格等） reducesth ◆ Reduce speed now (= on a sign). 减速行驶。 ◆ Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease. 戒烟会减少得心脏病的风险。 reducesth by sth ◆ Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year. 过去一年，成本支出已经减少了 20%。 reducesth (from sth) (to sth) ◆ The number of employees was reduced from 40 to 25. 雇员人数从 40 人减少到了 25 人。 ◆ 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。 2 [transitive , intransitive ] reduce(sth) if you reducea liquid or a liquid reduces,you boil it so that it becomes less in quantity （使）蒸发 3 [intransitive ] ( NAmE) ( informal) to lose weight by limiting the amount and type of food that you eat 减轻体重；节食 ◆ a reducing plan 节食计划 4 [transitive ] reducesth ( chemistry 化 ) to add one or more electronsto a substance or to remove oxygenfrom a substance 使还原；去氧；脱氧 ☞compare oxidize IDIOM reˌduced ˈcircumstances 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 VERBS reˈduce sb/sth (from sth) to sth/to doing sth [usually passive ] to force sb/sth 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 tearsby 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。 reˈduce sth to sth to change sth 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。 reduce reduces reduced reducing re·duce / rɪˈdjuːs ; NAmE rɪˈduːs /

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