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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

降低 [jiàngdī]
  1. 1. verb reduce
    降低生活开支
    reduce living expenses

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

降低 [jiàngdī]
  1. 1. reduce; cut down; drop; lower
    气温降低了。
    The temperature dropped.
    降低半个音。
    make the note a semitone lower
    降低生产成本
    reduce production costs; lower production costs
    降低定额
    reduce the quota (or norm)

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

降低 [jiàngdī]
  1. 1. 下降
    质量降低
    价格降低
  2. 2. 使下降
    降低录取分数线
    降低成本。

Examples

为了降低产品的成本,必须降低能耗。
降低半个音。
make the note a semitone lower
降低定额
reduce the quota (or norm)
新机器的运转速度要快一倍,因而会大大降低成本。
The new machines will work twice as fast, thus greatly reducing costs.
降低汽车的油耗
reduce the oil consumption of motor vehicles
逐步降低生产成本
progressively reduce the production cost
今年的红盘比往年要低,商家的利润普遍降低了。
This year the new year quotation was lower than that of past years, and companies generally gained a reduced profit.
现在都用机引工具,所以工作强度已经大大降低了。
Now tools using mechanical power are in general use, so work intensity has been greatly reduced.

Collocations

温度降低
a decrease in temperature
大幅度降低
to decrease substantially
降低要求
to lower requirements
开始降低
to appeared to have decreased
降低
to decrease to

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