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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。

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