reduced
adj. 減少的,簡化的
v. 換算( reduce的過去式和過去分詞 ); 約束; 使變為; 使變弱
If you reduce something, you make it smaller in size or amount, or less in degree.
It reduces the risks of heart disease...
這降低了患心臟病的風險。
Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent...
消費下降了25個百分點。
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...
他們陷入極端貧困的狀態。
They wanted the army reduced to a police force.
他們想把這支隊伍降級為一支警察部隊。
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.
他不得不以乞討為生。
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...
城裡所有的建築都成了廢墟。
Politics has been reduced to class struggle.
政治變成了階級鬥爭。
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...
用小燉鍋燉,收一半湯汁。
Simmer until mixture reduces.
用小火煮到湯汁收濃。
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.
他們是帝王的後代,但是現在境況大不如前了。
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.
她的質問讓他們啞口無言。
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.
媒體的關注把她弄哭了。
1. made less in size or amount or degree
2. well below normal (especially in price)
The poor woman is reduced to begging.
那個可憐的女人已淪為乞丐.
His sudden death reduced the family to poverty.
他突然去世使家庭陷入貧困.
The store greatly reduced the prices to make a quick turnover.
這家商店實行大減價以迅速週轉資金.
Five over ten can be reduced to one over two.
5/10可以約成1/2.
The driver reduced the driving speed.
司機減低了車速.