reduce
[ri'dju:s]
v.减少, 缩小, 使落魄, 简化, 还原
例句与用法:
The windows were tinted to reduce the glare.
窗户上涂上了浅色以减少强光。
The manager hasn't worked out a suitable action to reduce the domino effect.
经理还没有想出一个适当的举措来减少多米诺效应。
The government will be looking to reduce inflation by a further two per cent this year.
政府力求今年把通货膨胀率再减低百分之二。
Taking extra vitamins may reduce your liability to colds.
多吃一些维生素会减少你得感冒的可能性。
The new government's prime task is to reduce the level of inflation.
新政府的主要任务是减低通货膨胀的水平。
They were reduced to begging or starving.
他们穷得不行乞便挨饿。
He is trying to reduce the family's expenses.
他正尽力减少家庭开支。
He is reduced almost to a skeleton.
他瘦得几乎变成了一个骨头架子。
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 |
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
reduce
过去式:reduced
过去分词:reduced
现在进行时:reducing
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 |
同义词:
diminish | decrease | lessen | cut | moderate | condense | ease | degrade | demote | lower | dilute | shrink | bring down | trim down | trim | dwindle | cut down | shorten | downgrade | abbreviate | slash | drive down | relegate | abase | abridge | alleviate | crush | quell | telescope | minimize | abate | soften | curtail | relieve | wane | cheapen | deflate | contract | depress | loosen | stem | compress | boil down | thin | concentrate | deoxidise | slim | thin out | subdue | quash | repress | trim back | come down | foreshorten | subjugate | cut back | slim down | deoxidize | lose weight | slenderize | melt off | keep down | decoct | scale down | tighten |
反义词:
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
stem2
curtail
crush
minimize
decrease1
dilute
alleviate
loosen
wane
ease
abate
dwindle
compress1
abase
cheapen
quell
trim
telescope
contract2
shorten
abbreviate
lower1
condense
deflate
abridge
degrade
反义:
vt.vi.减少; 缩小; 降低
increase
反义参见:
magnify
burden1
enlarge
increase1
heighten
reduce[ri'dju:s; -'du:s]vt.1.■减少;缩小;削减,缩减;精简:They have to reduce expenses this year.他们今年必须削减开支。2.■降低;减轻:She tried to reduce her weight.她设法降低她的体重。3.■将…归纳;简化:We can reduce his speech to three sentences.我们可以把他的讲演归纳成三句话。4.■换算;折合: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。5.■使变为: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。His words reduced her to silence.他的话使她哑口无言。6.■把…弄碎(或熔化等);捣碎: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。7.■使降级;使降职: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。8.■降服(使有秩序等);攻陷(城市等):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。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。9.■使处境困难(或悲惨等);迫使,逼迫[常用被动语态]: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。Poverty reduced them to begging for a living.贫困迫使他们乞讨为生。10.■使变弱;使变瘦;使衰退:He is reduced to skin and bones.他变得骨瘦如柴。11.■约束;限制: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。12.■【数学】约简: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。13.■使…浓缩变稠: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。14.■(用油)调稀(或冲淡):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。15.■【化学】还原;分解(化合物):Water can be reduced to oxygen and hydrogen by electrolysis.水通过电解可以分解为氧和氢。16.■【外科学】使…复位(或复原):A doctor can reduce a fracture or dislocation.医生能使骨折或脱臼复原。17.■【语音学】使(重读元音)弱化: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。18.■【摄影术】减低(底片的)强度19.■【生理学】使(细胞)发生减数分裂vi.1.■减少;缩小;缩减;减弱2.■(节食)减肥:She has been reducing for the last few weeks.她在最近几周一直在节食减肥。3.■【化学】还原:Ferrous iron reduces to ferric iron.二价铁能还原成三价铁。4.■(液体)浓缩变稠:The soup will reduce by adding some cooking starch.汤中加些淀粉将变稠。5.■(油漆、颜料等)稀释:Most paints reduce with turpentine.许多油漆可用松节油稀释。6.■【生物学】(细胞)减数分裂近义词decrease变形vt.reducedreducing
reducereduce[riˈdju:s]vt.1.■减少[小, 轻]; 缩减2.■使处于某种状态; 使变成, 使成为3.■迫使, 使艰难4.■把...分类5.■使变弱; 使降职[级]6.■使陷落7.■压缩[延], 轧制, (横断面)减缩, 减径[瘦], 缩径[口]8.■【数】简[约]化, 约掉[简], 归纳[并, 约], 通分, 还原, 折合, 换算, 转换, 对比9.■【化】使还原(脱氧); 提炼, (从原油中)蒸去轻质油10.■把(油漆)调稀11.■【摄】把(底片等)减薄, 减低强度, 化为12.■处[整]理(数据), 译解, 分析[类]13.■(弄)碎14.■【生】使(细胞)减数分裂15.■【医】使(骨折, 脱臼)复原[位]16.■把(重读音)变成弱读音reduce one's expenditure减少某人的开支reduce the speed降低速度reduce a person to terror [tears, silence]使某人恐怖[流泪, 沉默]reduce an equation to its simplest form将方程简化为最简单形式reduce all the questions to one把所有的问题归纳为一个reduce an officer to the ranks把一位军官降为士兵be reduced to a shadow骨瘦如柴be reduced to despair陷入绝望have the dislocation reduce d请人将脱臼地方复位The poor woman is reduced to begging.那个可怜的女人已沦为乞丐。The soldiers reduced the castle by fire.士兵们用炮火攻下城堡。Days can be reduced to hours.日数可以折合成时数。
词性变化reduce[riˈdju:s]vi.1.■减少[小], 变轻; 变瘦; 归纳为(to)reduce to an absurdity使变成荒谬reduce to discipline恢复秩序, 使归顺reduce to order [chaos]使秩序井然[乱七八糟]reduce to powder把...弄成粉末reduce to subjection征服
继承用法reduced[rɪˈdju:st]adj.1.■减小的2.■通化的3.■还原的4.■减化的5.■减数[分裂]的
参考词汇见decrease;
verb
[with obj.]
- make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size
减少(数量),降低(程度),缩小(规模)
the need for businesses to reduce costs.
公司降低成本的需要。
the workforce has been reduced to some 6,100.
职工总数已被减至6,100人左右。
[as adj. reduced]a reduced risk of coronary disease.
降低了的冠心病风险。
■[no obj.]become smaller or less in size, amount, or degree
(规模)缩小,(数量)减少,(程度)降低
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。
■boil (a sauce or other liquid) in cooking so that it becomes thicker and more concentrated
慢煮使(调味汁等液体)浓缩变稠
■[no obj.](chiefly N. Amer.)(of a person) lose weight, typically by dieting
(主北美)(尤指通过节食)减轻体重,减肥
by May she had reduced to 9 stone.
到五月份她的体重已减至九英石。
■(archaic)conquer (a place), in particular besiege and capture (a town or fortress)
(古)攻克,征服(尤指围攻并占领城镇或要塞)
■(Photography)make (a negative or print) less dense
(摄)减薄(底片或图片)
■(Phonetics)articulate (a speech sound) in a way requiring less muscular effort, giving rise in vowels to a more central articulatory position
(语音)弱化 - (reduce someone/thing to)bring someone or something to (a lower or weaker state, condition, or role)
使(某人/事)降至(某种状态、境地或角色)
she has been reduced to near poverty.
她沦落到几乎一无所有。
the church was reduced to rubble.
教堂成了一堆碎石。
■(be reduced to doing something)(of a person) be forced by difficult circumstances into doing something desperate
(人)被逼无奈,走投无路
ordinary soldiers are reduced to begging.
普通士兵被迫行乞街头。
■make someone helpless with (an expression of emotion, especially with hurt, shock, or amusement)
使无法不表露某种神情(尤指受屈、受惊或感到有趣)
Olga was reduced to stunned silence.
奥尔加被吓得一言不发。
■force into (obedience or submission)
使顺从;使屈服
he succeeds in reducing his grandees to due obedience.
他成功地使他的大公们服服帖帖。 - (reduce something to)change a substance to (a different or more basic form)
使改变形式;使还原
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。
■present a problem or subject in (a simplified form)
归纳,简化
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。
■convert a fraction to (the form with the lowest terms)
将分数约到(最小项) - (Chemistry)cause to combine chemically with hydrogen
(化)使还原
■undergo or cause to undergo a reaction in which electrons are gained from another substance or molecule
(使)进行还原反应。 oxidize 的反义词 - restore (a dislocated part) to its proper position by manipulation or surgery
使(脱臼,断骨)复位
■remedy (a dislocation) in such a way
治疗(脱臼,断骨)
reduced circumstances
- used euphemistically to refer to the state of being poor after being relatively wealthy
[委婉表达从富到穷]生活窘迫
a divorcee living in reduced circumstances.
生活拮据的离婚者。
- demote a non-commissioned officer to an ordinary soldier
把军士降为普通士兵
reducer
noun
语源
- late Middle English: from Latin reducere, from re- 'back, again' + ducere 'bring, lead'. The original sense was 'bring back' (hence 'restore', now surviving in sense 5); this led to 'bring to a different state', then 'bring to a simpler or lower state' (hence sense 3); and finally 'diminish in size or amount' (sense 1, dating from the late 18th cent.)
reduce
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
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
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
reduce
■TNF Antagonists Reduce Cardiovascular Deaths in Rh.
TNF拮抗剂能够降低类风湿关节炎患者的心血管死亡率。
■Some observers think that this country's offer to reduce spending on armaments is just a hollow promise.
一些观察家认为,这个国家减少军备开支的提议仅仅是一个空口许诺。
■On one hand they say they wish to reduce the cost of living, and on the other hand they increase the duties on a number of articles.
一方面他们说希望降低生活开支,另一方面他们又抬高了不少物品的税收。
■To reduce to a position of subservience or submission.
下跪一种表示恭顺,屈服的降低姿势
■Better reduce the price than allow a discount.
与其给折扣,不如减价。
■Measures have been taken to reduce the incidence of the disease to zero.
业已采取措施把发病率降到最低程度。
■In order to reduce friction, the moving parts of a machine are often oiled.
为了减少摩擦,机器的可动部件常常涂上润滑油。
■We have make some staff redundant to reduce overman.
为了削减过多的人员,我们精简了一些职员。
■The number of employees is being whittled down in order to reduce costs.
为节省开支现正逐渐裁员。
■What steps can be taken to reduce the cycle time?
什么步骤可以减少周期时间?
■He won't reduce the rent of the house.
他不愿降低房租。
■The bargain they reached with their employers was to reduce their wage claim in return for a shorter working week.
他们与雇主达成的协议是他们在工资方面降低要求,但每周工时要缩短。
■They have to reduce expenses this year.
他们今年必须削减开支。
■They petitioned the government to reduce taxes.
他们向政府要求减税。
■They will tend to further reduce the supply of lendable funds.
他们将更进一步减少提供可贷放之款。
■They are aiming to reduce unemployment by 50%.
他们正力求使失业人数下降 50%。
■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。
■They held a sale to reduce their inventory.
他们降价出售库存货物。
■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。
■After attacking the Government's economic policy, he went on to describe how the Labour Party would reduce unemployment.
他抨击了政府的经济政策之後,接著讲述工党降低失业率的计画。
■He is on a diet to reduce some weight.
他正在节食以减轻体重。
■He is trying to reduce the family's expenses.
他正尽力减少家庭开支。
■He is trying to reduce expenses.
他正试图减少开支。
■His doctor advised him to reduce.
他的医生劝他节食减肥。
■He was advised to reduce his alcohol consumption.
他被劝告减少饮酒。
■Price have fall due to a reduce demand for the goods.
价格由于货物需求量的减少而降低了。
■House Speaker Jim Wright yesterday threw down the budget gauntlet before President-elect George Bush, telling him he must decide whether to raise taxes or reduce military spending or Congress will do it for him.
众院议长赖特向总统当选人布什掷下预算挑战书,要总统当选人布什必须决定增税或削减军费,否则国会就要越俎代疱。
■But at least being cautious can reduce them.
但至少小心谨慎能减少意外。
■It is easy to reduce if you watch your diet.
你如果注意饮食,减肥并不难。
■If you bargain with them they might reduce the price.
你讲讲价,他们可能会把价钱降低。
■To reduce to a general form,class,or law.
使一般化赋予一普遍形式、种类或定律
■To reduce in force,value,amount,or degree; weaken.
使减弱在力量、价值、数值或程度上减小
■To reduce the value or impair the quality of.
使变质,损坏降低价值或损害质量
■To reduce to a standard or an average; equalize.
使平衡使削减到一个标准或平均值;使平衡
■To reduce to mush;mash or crush.
使成软糊状;使成一团糟或压碎
■To reduce the rigidity of;soften.
使柔软减少坚硬度;使柔软
■Use mutual TLS to reduce signaling eavesdropping.
使用Mutual-TLS可减少信号偷听。
■Antibiotics will reduce the swelling.
使用抗菌素能消肿.
■To reduce in rank or rating;demote.
使降级降低级别或降级;使人降级
■To reduce to tiny particles or a fine spray.
使雾化,使成微粒,使成粉末使成为极小颗粒或微小尘埃
■To reduce(solid matter) to liquid form; melt.
使(固态物)溶解为液体;使液化
■Joint protection to reduce stress on joints.
保护关节,以降低对关节的压力。
■The only way to do that is to reduce expenses.
做到这一点的唯一办法是减少开支。
■Reduce it by one-third and let me see.
先缩小三分之一我看看吧。
■The company is hoping to avoid redundancy and reduce its staff by natural wastage.
公司不希望裁减职工而希望通过正常的减员来减少其职工。
■The company is being forced to reduce staff and I fear I'm a likely candidate (for redundancy).
公司被迫裁员,恐怕我是其中之一(冗员).
■Reduce the font size of the text.
减小文本的字体大小。
■Reduce training cost and get effective results.
减少培训成本并得到有效的成果。
■But How? -- REDUCE your plastic bags consumption!
减少塑料袋使用量!
■At CAMH to reduce the risk of relapse.
减少复发。