新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

reduce

英  [rɪˈdjuːs]
    
美  [-ˈduːs]

[VERB]

    PHRASE. 习语
  • reduce to tears

    1使…流泪

    If someone or something reduces you to tears, they make you feel so unhappy that you cry.

    双语例句

    例:

    The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.

    由于引起了媒体注意,她伤心地流下了眼泪。

    VERB. 动词
  • reduces , reducing , reduced

    1[T 及物动词] 使变小

    If you reduce something, you make it smaller in size or amount, or less in degree.

    近义词

    decrease , lessen , lower

    双语例句

    例:

    It reduces the risks of heart disease.

    这降低了罹患心脏病的风险。

    例:

    Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent.

    消费被减少了25。

    例:

    The reduced consumer demand is also affecting company profits.

    消费需求的减少也正在影响公司利润。

    2[T 及物动词] 使陷入 , 使沦为

    If someone is reduced to a weaker or inferior state, they become weaker or inferior as a result of something that happens to them.

    双语例句

    例:

    They were reduced to extreme poverty.

    他们沦落到极度贫困的地步。

    3[T 及物动词] 迫使

    If you say that someone is reduced to doing something, you mean that they have to do it, although it is unpleasant or embarrassing.

    双语例句

    例:

    He was reduced to begging for a living.

    他不得不以乞讨为生。

    4[T 及物动词] 使变成 , 使简化为

    If something is changed to a different or less complicated form, you can say that it is reduced to that form.

    双语例句

    例:

    All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble.

    镇上所有的建筑都变成了瓦砾。

    5[I 不及物动词] 使变稠 , 收汁

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half.

    用小炖锅煮,收一半汤汁。