| 词汇 | reduce |
| 释义 | reduceUK:*/rɪˈdjuːs/US:/rɪˈdus, -ˈdjus/ ,(ri do̅o̅s′, -dyo̅o̅s′)UK-RP:UK-Yorkshire:Irish:Scottish:US Southern:Jamaican: 主要翻译 reduce [sth] vtr (lessen, decrease)使变少；减少Now Trevor has lost his job, he needs to reduce his monthly outgoings.现在特莱福失去了自己的工作，需要减少每月的开销。 reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep (lessen, decrease)将…减少到；使…变少到By extending the term of her mortgage, Jane reduced her monthly payments to £400.简延长了自己的贷款还款期限，将每月分期付款减少到400英镑。 reduce [sth] vtr (rate, etc.: lower) (利率、税率、通货膨胀率等)降低…率The bank has lowered the interest rate on our mortgage.银行降低了房贷的利率。 reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep (rate, etc.: lower) (汇率等)降低到The Bank of England has reduced interest rates to 0.5%.英格兰银行已经将利率降到0.5％。 reduce [sth] vtr (lower the quantity of)减少；消减；裁减The factory had to reduce its staff due to a lack of demand for its product.因为产品的需求不足，工厂只能裁减员工。 reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep (lower the quantity to)将…削减到；将…缩减至Ian is giving up smoking and has reduced the number of cigarettes he smokes each day to three.伊安正在戒烟，将每天抽的烟削减到三根。 reduce [sth] vtr (copy: make smaller)缩小I need to reduce this A3 poster so that it will fit onto a sheet of A4.我需要将这张A3的海报缩小一些，以便将其放进A4纸上。 reduce vi (lessen, decrease)变少；减少The number of visitors to this town has reduced in recent years.近年来，到镇上旅游的访客减少了。 其他翻译 reduce [sb] to doing [sth] v expr often passive (worsen status of)使沦落A once-wealthy woman, she has been reduced to begging in the street. reduce [sb] to doing [sth] v expr usually passive (make resort to)使…不得不；使…被迫做We were so poor back then that we were reduced to living on peanut butter and crackers. reduce [sth] vtr (cookery: boil down) (汤等)使...浓缩Reduce the wine by boiling it in a saucepan. reduce [sth] vtr (mathematics: simplify) (数学)约分, 约化The fraction 5/10 can be reduced to 1/2. reduce [sth] vtr (broken bone: set)复位Surgery was needed to reduce the fractured bone. reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep (simplify, condense)将…概括成；将…简化为The conflict cannot be reduced to a simple view of good versus evil. reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep (break down into: pieces)使…碎成；使…破碎成The building was reduced to pieces by the force of the explosion. reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep (idea, text: condense) (文章等)将…压缩成，使…精简为That whole speech could be reduced to "Be nice." reduce [sth/sb] to [sth] vtr + prep (worsen condition of)使…沦落到；让…沦落为They have reduced education to rote learning and memorization.She was reduced to poverty. 动词短语 reduce [sth] down vtr phrasal sep (cookery: boil down)煮浓；熬浓Reduce the sauce down by simmering rapidly. 复合形式： reduce the temperature v expr (make it cooler)降低温度；降温Doctors will always try to reduce the temperature of patients with fever. |
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