reduce
verb OPAL WOPAL S
/rɪˈdjuːs/
/rɪˈduːs/
动词形式
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they reduce | /rɪˈdjuːs/ /rɪˈduːs/ |
| he / she / it reduces | /rɪˈdjuːsɪz/ /rɪˈduːsɪz/ |
| past simple reduced | /rɪˈdjuːst/ /rɪˈduːst/ |
| past participle reduced | /rɪˈdjuːst/ /rɪˈduːst/ |
| -ing form reducing | /rɪˈdjuːsɪŋ/ /rɪˈduːsɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to make something less or smaller in size, quantity, price, etc.; to become less or smaller in size, quantity, etc.
减少，缩小（尺寸、数量、价格等） - reduce something Reduce speed now (= on a sign).
减速行驶。 - Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease.
戒烟会降低得心脏病的风险。 - to reduce costs/numbers
降低成本/减少数量 - a reduced rate/price
减价/降价 - They will require car makers to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by 30%.
他们将要求汽车制造商减少30%的二氧化碳排放。 - reduce something by something Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.
过去一年，成本支出已经减少了 20%。 - reduce something from something to something The number of employees was reduced from 40 to 25.
雇员人数从 40 人减少到了 25 人。 - reduce something to something The skirt was reduced to £10 in the sale.
在大减价期间，这条裙子减价到 10 英镑。 - reduce in something Towards the coast, the hills gradually reduce in size.
向海岸方向，山丘逐渐变小。 - The number of search engines has reduced substantially over the last few years.
在过去的几年里，搜索引擎的数量大幅减少。
Topics Change, cause and effecta2, Shoppinga2, Moneya2- Legislation progressively reduced the number of situations in which industrial action could be taken.
通过立法逐渐减少了罢工、怠工的发生。 - Pollution from the works has been reduced by 70 per cent.
工厂污染减少了70%。 - The price is reduced from 99 cents to 85 cents.
价格从 99 分降到 85 分。 - The risks must be reduced to the absolute minimum.
风险必须降到最低。 - We need to reduce the speed slightly.
我们需要稍稍降低一下速度。 - The program aims to reduce or eliminate pesticides.
该计划旨在减少或消除杀虫剂。 - This could greatly reduce the number of injuries suffered.
这可以大大减少受伤人数。 - She is trying to reduce the amount of time she spends away from home.
她正试图减少她离开家的时间。 - Regulating traffic will reduce the accident rate significantly.
规范交通将显著降低事故率。 - Many studios sell ten cards for a reduced rate.
许多工作室以折扣价出售十张卡片。 - Yoga can help reduce stress levels.
瑜伽可以帮助降低压力水平。 - It was a tough decision to reduce the size of the workforce.
缩减劳动力规模是一个艰难的决定。 - The police will be given more resources to reduce violent crime.
警方将获得更多资源来减少暴力犯罪。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- dramatically
- drastically
- …
- aim to
- attempt to
- seek to
- …
- by
- in
- from
- …
- an attempt to reduce something
- an effort to reduce something
- measures to reduce something
- …
- reduce something Reduce speed now (= on a sign).
- [transitive, intransitive] reduce (something) if you reduce a liquid or a liquid reduces, you boil it so that it becomes less in quantity
（使）蒸发 - [intransitive] (North American English, informal) to lose weight by limiting the amount and type of food that you eat
减轻体重；节食 - a reducing plan
节食计划
- a reducing plan
- [transitive] reduce something (chemistry
化学 使还原；去氧；脱氧
词源late Middle English: from Latin reducere, from re- ‘back, again’ + ducere ‘bring, lead’. The original sense was ‘bring back’ ; this led to ‘bring to a different state’, then ‘bring to a simpler or lower state’ (hence sense (2)); and finally ‘diminish in size or amount’ (sense (1), dating from the late 18th cent.).
Idioms
reduced circumstances
- the state of being poorer than you were before. People say ‘living in reduced circumstances’
（委婉说法，与 poor 同义）境况不济