reduction
reduction 英 [rɪˈdʌkʃn] 美 [rɪˈdʌkʃən]
n. 减少；下降；缩小
名词复数:reductions
- Reduction is the act of cutting back or making smaller, like the reduction of a school budget that makes it necessary to eliminate art and music programs.
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- n. 减少；下降；缩小
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1. a 33% reduction in the number of hospital beds available
医院的床位减少 33%
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2. There has been some reduction in unemployment.
失业人数有所减少。
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3. a slight reduction in costs
成本的略微降低
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4. There are reductions for children sharing a room with two adults.
孩子和两个大人合住一间房可以打折。
- reduction (n.) early 15c., "a restoring to a former state; a subjugation" (of a people, etc.), from Middle French reducion (13c., Modern French réduction) and directly from Latin reductionem (nominative reductio) "a leading back, restoration," noun of action from past participle stem of reducere (see reduce). Meaning "diminution, a lessening" is from 1670s; chemical sense of "reversion to a simpler form" is from 1660s.
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