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reduce
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- Conjugation :
past
reduced
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ing
reducing
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Derivatives :
n
reducibility
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adj
reducible
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adv
reducibly
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- reduce
[rɪ'djuːs]
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1.
vt.
[+spending]
[ numbers]
[ risk etc]
减少
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to reduce sb to sth
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使某人沦落到某种状态
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to reduce sth to sth
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使某事陷入某种状态
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to reduce sth by/to
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将某物减少…/将某物减少到…
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to reduce sb to tears
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使某人伤心流泪
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to reduce sb to silence
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使某人沉默
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"reduce speed now"
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[汽车] “现在减速”
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- reduce
[rɪˈdjuːs]
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1.
vt.
减少，缩减，缩小
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2.
vt.
简化
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3.
vt.
使处境困难，使沦落
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He reduced the population to slavery.
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他把这些人变成了奴隶。
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4.
vt.
[Mathematics]
化简，约简
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5.
vt.
使降级，使降职
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She reduced her niece to a servant.
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她逼她侄女做仆人。
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6.
vi.
归根结底
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7.
vt.
使缩水
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8.
vt.
降低，使适度
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9.
vt.
使变小，使缩小
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10.
vt.
[Chemistry]
还原
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11.
vt.
收紧，限制
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12.
vt.
镇压，制服
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13.
vi.
[Biology]
减数分裂
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The cells reduce.
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细胞数目减少了。
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14.
vt.
[Surgery]
使复位，使复原
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15.
vt.
[Phonetics]
使（元音）非重读
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16.
vt.
节略，删节，删减
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17.
vi.
被熬浓，被煮稠
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The sauce should reduce to one cup.
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酱油应当减少到一杯。
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18.
vt.
熬浓，煮稠
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The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time.
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厨师通过长时间煮熬来浓缩酱油。
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19.
vt.
稀释，使变淡
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20.
vi.
变瘦，变苗条
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21.
vi.
换算，折合
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22.
vt.
[Astronomy]
订正
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23.
vt.
[Biology]
使细胞减数分裂
Collins English-English Dictionary
- reduce
[rɪ'djuːs]
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
[also intr]
to make or become smaller in size, number, extent, degree, intensity, etc
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2.
vb
to bring into a certain state, condition, etc
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to reduce a forest to ashes
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to reduce someone to despair
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3.
vb
[also intr]
to make or become slimmer; lose or cause to lose excess weight
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4.
vb
to impoverish (esp in the phrase in reduced circumstances)
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5.
vb
to bring into a state of submission to one's authority; subjugate
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the whole country was reduced after three months
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6.
vb
to bring down the price of (a commodity)
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the shirt was reduced in the sale
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7.
vb
to lower the rank or status of; demote
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he was reduced from corporal to private
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reduced to the ranks
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8.
vb
to set out systematically as an aid to understanding; simplify
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his theories have been reduced in a popular treatise
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9.
vb
[maths]
to modify or simplify the form of (an expression or equation), esp by substitution of one term by another
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10.
vb
[cookery]
to make (a sauce, stock, etc) more concentrated by boiling away some of the water in it
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11.
vb
to thin out (paint) by adding oil, turpentine, etc; dilute
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12.
vb
[also intr]
[chem]
to undergo or cause to undergo a chemical reaction with hydrogen or formation of a hydride
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13.
vb
to lose or cause to lose oxygen atoms
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14.
vb
to undergo or cause to undergo an increase in the number of electrons - Compare oxidize
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15.
vb
[photog]
to lessen the density of (a negative or print) by converting some of the blackened silver in the emulsion to soluble silver compounds by an oxidation process using a photographic reducer
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16.
vb
[surgery]
to manipulate or reposition (a broken or displaced bone, organ, or part) back to its normal site
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17.
vb
[also intr]
[Biology]
to undergo or cause to undergo meiosis
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18.
vb
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin reducere to bring back, from re- + ducere to lead
Examples
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to reduce fractions to their lowest terms
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把分数约简到最低项
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The new president promised an even distribution of wealth to reduce the huge social inequality.
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新任总统承诺合理分配财富，缩小社会不公的鸿沟。
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Designers suggest dry cleaning your wool suits only twice a year to reduce deterioration of the fibers.
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设计师建议羊毛套装一年只能干洗两次，这样可以减轻纤维的老化程度。
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to reduce/keep sth to a minimum
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将某物降到/保持在最低限度
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to reduce sth to sth
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使某事陷入某种状态
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