reduce

[ri'dju:s]

v.减少, 缩小, 使落魄, 简化, 还原

vt.

1. 减少; 缩小; 降低

He is trying to reduce expenses.

他正试图减少开支。

2. 使处于(某种状态); 使化为, 使变为[(+to)]

The fire reduced the paintings to ashes.

大火将这些画作烧成了灰烬。

3. 迫使[H][(+to)]

Poverty reduced him to begging.

贫穷迫使他行乞。

4. 降服, 攻陷

5. 使降级, 使降职[(+to)]

The officer was reduced to the ranks.

这军官被降为士兵。

6. 把……归纳, 把……归并[(+to)]

Finally the chair reduced all the questions to one.

最后主席把所有的问题归纳为一个。

7. 把……弄碎; 把……分解; 把……分析[(+to)]

8. 使变弱, 使变瘦[H][(+to)]

The cancer victim was reduced to skin and bones.

那个癌症患者瘦得皮包骨。

9. 把……折合(成较小单位)[(+to)]

10. 【化】使还原

11. 【数】简化, 约简

12. 【医】使(断骨)复位; 使(脱臼)还臼

vi.

1. 减少; 缩小; 降低

2. 减轻体重, 减肥

It is easy to reduce if you watch your diet.

你如果注意饮食, 减肥并不难。

3. 归纳为, 化为[(+to)]

4. 换算; 折合

词形变化

形容词: reducible | 副词: reducibly | 名词: reducer | 动词过去式: reduced | 动词过去分词: reduced | 动词现在分词: reducing | 动词第三人称单数: reduces |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.减少; 变弱

lessen  lower  decrease  diminish  cut  moderate  

同义参见:

relieve  soften  depress  demote  stem  curtail  crush  minimize  decrease  dilute  alleviate  loosen  wane  ease  abate  dwindle  compress  abase  cheapen  quell  trim  telescope  contract  shorten  abbreviate  lower  condense  deflate  abridge  degrade  

反义:

vt.vi.减少; 缩小; 降低

increase  

反义参见:

magnify  burden  enlarge  increase  heighten  

英英释义

动词 reduce:

cut down on; make a reduction in

同义词：cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down

make less complex

bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

be the essential element

同义词：come down, boil down

reduce in size; reduce physically

同义词：shrink

lessen and make more modest

make smaller

同义词：scale 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

同义词：deoxidize, deoxidise

narrow or limit

同义词：tighten

put down by force or intimidation

同义词：repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate

undergo meiosis

reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

同义词：abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract

be cooked until very little liquid is left

同义词：boil down, decoct, concentrate

cook until very little liquid is left

同义词：boil down, concentrate

lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

同义词：dilute, thin, thin out, cut

take off weight

同义词：melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down

补充

reducereduce英:[riˈdju:s] 美:[rɪˈdus, -ˈdjus]vt.1.缩减, 减少; 降低He won't reduce the rent of our house.他不肯减少我们住房的租金。The driver reduced the driving speed.司机减低了车速。We must try our best to reduce the likelihood of war.我们必须尽最大努力减少战争的可能性。The price was considerably reduced.价格大幅降低了。2.降低某人的级别或地位; 降职3.使…陷入某种状态[状况]中Hunger reduced him to steal.饥饿使他不得不行窃。4.将…概括[简化]The rising sun quickly reduced the fog.升起的太阳很快驱散了晨雾。5.将…还原A doctor can reduce a fracture or dislocation.医生能使骨折或脱臼复位。vi.1.减轻体重; 节食She has been reducing for the last few weeks.最近几个星期她一直在节食。I must reduce to get into that fine dress.要想穿上那件好衣服, 我就得减肥。

例句

1. The reduced consumer demand is affecting company profits.消费者需求的减少影响了公司的盈利。 2. It reduces the risks of heart disease.这会降低患心脏病的风险。 3. The workforce was reduced from 13,000 to 7,500.职工人数从13,000人减少到了7,500人。 4. Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent.消耗量减少了25%。 5. 'reduce speed now'“现在减速” 6. Politics has been reduced to class struggle.政治已经沦为阶级斗争。 7. They were reduced to extreme poverty.他们陷入极端贫困的状态。 8. He was reduced to despair.他陷入了绝望。 9. He was reduced to begging for a living.他沦落到了行乞为生的地步。 10. The whole country was reduced after three months.整个国家三个月后沦陷。 11. The shirt was reduced in the sale.这件衬衫在此次促销活动中降价出售。 12. The shoes I liked were reduced to £35.我喜欢的那双鞋降价到了35英镑。 13. His theories have been reduced in a popular treatise.他的理论在一篇颇受欢迎的论著中得到了归纳。 14. Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half.用小平底锅炖, 收一半汤汁。 15. This means the fund is reducing by about $100 a year.这意味着资金正在以每年100美元的量减少。 16. Unemployment is reducing along with smoking.失业率降低的同时, 吸烟人数也减少了。 17. He has kept himself fit with physical exercise so though he's reduced in weight he's very strong still.他通过锻炼保持身体健康, 因此即便他体重减轻了, 但依旧很强壮。 18. Simmer until mixture reduces.用小火煨至汤汁收浓。 19. Her challenge reduced them to silence.她的质问让他们哑口无言。 20. The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.媒体的过度关注令她伤心落泪。 21. They have to reduce expenses this year.他们今年必须削减开支。 22. She tried to reduce her weight.她设法降低她的体重。 23. We can reduce his speech to three sentences.我们可以把他的讲演归纳成三句话。 24. If you reduce 3 lbs. to ounces, you have 48 ounces.如果将3磅换算成盎司，可得48盎司。 25. The heavy artillery bombardment reduced the village to ruins.猛烈的炮火使这个村庄变成一片废墟。 26. His words reduced her to silence.他的话使她哑口无言。 27. Their daily work is to reduce the rocks to dust.他们每天的工作就是将岩石捣碎成粉末。 28. He was reduced to ordinary soldier due to a serious dereliction of duty.他因严重失职被降为普通士兵。 29. The teacher soon reduced the noisy class to order.教师很快就使这个乱哄哄的班恢复了秩序。 30. The fortress at the entrance to the village was reduced by a sudden attack.村口的堡垒遭到突然袭击而被攻陷。 31. The bad harvests in the last few years reduced the peasants to extreme poverty.过去几年的庄稼歉收使农民变得极为贫困。 32. Poverty reduced them to begging for a living.贫困迫使他们乞讨为生。 33. He is reduced to skin and bones.他变得骨瘦如柴。 34. Business was reduced to local buying and selling when the war broke out and international trading ceased.战争爆发国际贸易停止后，商业就只限于地方性的买卖了。 35. The last problem is to reduce an equation to its simplest form.最后一道题是将一方程式化简为最简单形式。 36. The last step is to add some salt and reduce the soup for three minutes.最后一个步骤是加些盐然后使汤浓缩三分钟。 37. We can use this special oil to reduce the thick paint to a liquid thin enough to spread easily .我们可以使用这种特殊的油将浓油漆稀释一下，使它刷起来比较省力。 38. Water can be reduced to oxygen and hydrogen by electrolysis.水通过电解可以分解为氧和氢。 39. A doctor can reduce a fracture or dislocation.医生能使骨折或脱臼复原。 40. Some English vowel sounds which are not given weight in speech become reduced to a rather formless central vowel.英语中有些元音在讲话时没有重读，结果成了相当不定型的中央元音了。 41. She has been reducing for the last few weeks.她在最近几周一直在节食减肥。 42. Ferrous iron reduces to ferric iron.二价铁能还原成三价铁。 43. The soup will reduce by adding some cooking starch.汤中加些淀粉将变稠。 44. Most paints reduce with turpentine.许多油漆可用松节油稀释。 45. the need for businesses to reduce costs.公司降低成本的需要。 46. the workforce has been reduced to some 6,100.职工总数已被减至6,100人左右。 47. [as adj. reduced]a reduced risk of coronary disease.降低了的冠心病风险。 48. the number of priority homeless cases has reduced slightly.被优先照顾的无家可归者人数已微幅下降。 49. by May she had reduced to 9 stone.到五月份她的体重已减至九英石。 50. she has been reduced to near poverty.她沦落到几乎一无所有。 51. the church was reduced to rubble.教堂成了一堆碎石。 52. ordinary soldiers are reduced to begging.普通士兵被迫行乞街头。 53. Olga was reduced to stunned silence.奥尔加被吓得一言不发。 54. he succeeds in reducing his grandees to due obedience.他成功地使他的大公们服服帖帖。 55. it is difficult to understand how lava could have been reduced to dust.很难理解熔岩是如何变成灰的。 56. he reduces unimaginable statistics to manageable proportions.他把不可思议的统计数据简化到可操作程度。 57. a divorcee living in reduced circumstances.生活拮据的离婚者。 58. The sign said ‘reduce speed now’.标志上写着“开始减速”。 59. The medicine reduces the risk of infection.这种药物可降低感染的风险。 60. We are trying to reduce our debt.我们正努力减少债务。 61. Stricter speed limit enforcement has reduced the number of car accidents.更加严格的限速力度减少了交通事故的数量。 62. Her prison sentence was reduced from 15 years to 10.她的刑期从15年减到了10年。 63. a drastically reduced price大幅降低的价格 64. The movie's ending reduced them to tears. [=made them cry]影片结尾使他们潸然泪下。 65. The crowd was reduced to silence. [=became suddenly silent]人群突然沉默下来。 66. reduce stone to powder把石头磨成粉末 67. mountains that will someday be reduced to sand总有一天将变成沙土的山峦 68. Their house was reduced to ashes [=was completely burned/destroyed] by the fire.他们的房子被大火烧成灰烬。 69. The city was reduced to rubble/ruins by the bombing.城市被炸成了废墟。 70. The museum has been reduced to begging for funding.这家博物馆已经沦落到乞求经费的境地。 71. You're reducing religion to a list of do's and don'ts.你正在把宗教信仰简化成行为守则清单。 72. Her argument can be reduced to a few essential points.她的论据可以归纳成几个要点。 73. Simmer the broth until it is reduced to 2 cups. [=until there are only two cups of it]把肉汤熬到两杯的量。 74. Simmer the broth until it reduces to 2 cups.把肉汤熬到两杯的量。 75. "As part of her sentence, the sergeant's rank was reduced to private."作为对她的判决的一部分，中士级别被降至列兵。 76. He's on a (weight) reducing diet.他正在节食减肥。 77. You can reduce ?/? to ?/?.你可以把2/4约简成1/2。 78. He found himself living in reduced circumstances after he lost his job.他发现自己失业后生计窘迫。 79. We will have to adjust to our reduced circumstances.我们将不得不适应窘迫的生活。 80. a fever reducer退烧药 81. noise/weight reducers噪音消减器；减肥药 82. The theories are not reducible to easy interpretation.这些理论不能简单地加以诠释。 83. The fraction is reducible.这个分数是可以约分的。