reducing
n. 減輕體重法
v. 換算( reduce的現在分詞 ); 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. any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
2. loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer;
Coca is well-known for reducing hunger, thirst and fatigue.
人們都知道可樂能消餓、止渴和解乏。
As with all dietary changes, reducing salt should be done gradually.
像所有改變飲食結構的情況一樣,減少鹽的攝入量也應當採取漸進的方式。
Data recorders also pin-point mechanical faults rapidly, reducing repair times.
資料記錄儀還能迅速查明機械故障,減少維修次數。
Water companies should concentrate on reducing waste instead of building new reservoirs.
自來水公司應該集中精力減少水浪費,而不是修建新水庫。
They are looking at ways of reducing the waste of natural resources.
他們正在尋找減少自然資源浪費的方法。