reduce的中文翻译是什么意思

reduce

US/rɪˈduːs/
UK/rɪˈdjuːs/

v. 减少,缩小; 使变成; 节食; 使不得不; 使沦为(不好境地); (使)浓缩

reduce柯林斯释义

VERB减少;减小;减轻

If you reduce something, you make it smaller in size or amount, or less in degree.

  • It reduces the risks of heart disease...

    这降低了患心脏病的风险。

  • Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent...

    消费下降了25个百分点。

VERB使沦为,使陷入(不好的境地)

If someone is reduced to a weaker or inferior state, they become weaker or inferior as a result of something that happens to them.

  • They were reduced to extreme poverty...

    他们陷入极端贫困的状态。

  • 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 someone is reduced to doing something, you mean that they have to do it, although it is unpleasant or embarrassing.

  • 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 it is reduced to that form.

  • All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble...

    城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。

  • 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 you reduce liquid when you are cooking, or if it reduces, it is boiled in order to make it less in quantity and thicker.

  • Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half...

    用小炖锅炖,收一半汤汁。

  • 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 living in reduced circumstances, you mean that they do not have as much money as they used to have.

  • 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 something reduces you to silence, they make you feel so upset or confused that you cannot speak.

  • Her challenge reduced them to silence.

    她的质问让他们哑口无言。

PHRASE使…落泪

If someone or something reduces you to tears, they make you feel so unhappy that you cry.

  • The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.

    媒体的关注把她弄哭了。

reduce英文释义

Verb

1. cut down on; make a reduction in;

  • reduce your daily fat intake
  • The employer wants to cut back health benefits

2. make less complex;

  • reduce a problem to a single question

3. bring to humbler or weaker state or condition;

  • He reduced the population to slavery

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

    5. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation;

    • She reduced her niece to a servant

    6. be the essential element;

    • The proposal boils down to a compromise

    7. reduce in size; reduce physically;

    • Hot water will shrink the sweater
    • Can you shrink this image?

    8. lessen and make more modest;

    • reduce one's standard of living

    9. make smaller;

    • reduce an image

    10. 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

      11. narrow or limit;

      • reduce the influx of foreigners

      12. put down by force or intimidation;

      • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
      • China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
      • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land

      13. undergo meiosis;

      • The cells reduce

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

        15. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;

        • The manuscript must be shortened

        16. be cooked until very little liquid is left;

        • The sauce should reduce to one cup

        17. cook until very little liquid is left;

        • The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time

        18. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture;

        • cut bourbon

        19. take off weight

          reduce同义词辨析

          decrease, diminish, lessen, reduce, dwindle

          这些协词的共同含义是"减少,变少"。

          • decrease : 指逐渐地、不断地减少。
          • diminish : 侧重大小数量和重要性的不断减小,强调减小的部分。
          • lessen : 普通用词,与decrease近义。指数目、程度、价值、实力等的减少。
          • reduce : 普通用词,含义广。指数量、程度的降低或减少。
          • dwindle : 与decrease同义,指逐渐减小,但强调变得越来越少终至全无。

          reduce短语

          1. reduced circumstances

            [委婉表达从富到穷]生活窘迫

          2. reduce someone to the ranks

            把军士降为普通士兵

          reduce场景例句

          We must carry on the patriotic public health campaign with a great fanfare, reduce disease and improve health conditions.

          要大张旗鼓地开展爱国卫生运动, 减少疾病,提高健康水平.

          The government must make new policies to reduce unemployment.

          政府必须制定减少失业的新政策.

          The government will look into how to reduce unemployment.

          政府将研究如何降低失业率.

          The drug can reduce the frequency and severity of attacks.

          这种药能降低发病次数和严重程度.

          His plan to reduce the number of workers boomeranged on him.

          他想要裁减工人的计划对他起了反作用.

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          reduce词性变形

          reducesreducedreducing

          reduce反义词

          vt. & vi. 减少;缩小;降低

          increase

          其他释义

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