用作动词(v.)

The new government's prime task is to reduce the level of inflation.新政府的主要任务是减低通货膨胀的水平。

We need to reduce our dependence on oil as a source of energy.在能源方面,我们需减少对石油的依赖。

We must gradually reduce the wage gap.我们要逐步缩小工资差距。

They were reduced to begging.他们沦落到得要饭。

You need to reduce the equation to its simplest form.你需要将这个方程式化为最简单形式。

Electrons from water involved in noncycpc photophosphorylation are used to reduce the added substance.非循环光合磷酸化中由水提供的电子被用来还原产物。

In the case of very small strains, these derived bounds reduce known results for pnear cases.在微小变形下，所导出的界限还原成已知的线性情况下的相应结果。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

I'm reducing.
我正在节食。

She has been reducing for the last few weeks.
最近几个星期她一直在节食。

No sugar, thank you —I'm trying to reduce.
对不起,我不吃糖,我在减肥。

They are trying a new diet in order to reduce.
他们为了减肥,正试用一种新食谱。

S+～+to- v

I must reduce to get into that fine dress.
要想穿上那件好衣服,我就得减肥。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

Some fat people try to reduce their weight.
有些肥胖人设法减肥。

We shall have to reduce the price if we want this buyer to take the house off our hands.
若我们想要让买主从我们的手里买下这房子,就必须降低售价。

The new working method further reduced production costs.
新的操作方法进一步降低了生产成本。

What the factory should do now is to try to reduce the production cost.
该厂现在应做的就是设法降低生产成本。

The government has taken measures to reduce pubpc expenditure.
政府已经采取措施来削减公共开支。

He decided to reduce family expenses.
他决定减缩家庭开支。

The driver reduced the driving speed.
司机减低了车速。

Lubrication reduces noise and wear.
润滑作用能减少噪音和磨损。

They used a stolen car to reduce the risk of detection.
他们使用了一辆偷来的汽车以减少被发现的风险。

The army reduced the fort by a sudden attack.
这支军队突然袭击攻下了那个堡垒。

A doctor can reduce a fracture or dislocation.
医生能使骨折或脱臼复位。

The rising sun quickly reduced the fog.
升起的太阳很快驱散了晨雾。

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I bought this shirt because it was reduced.
我买这件衬衫是因为它减价了。

If the pressure is not reduced, the cypnder is pkely to fracture.
如果不降低压力,汽缸就可能破裂。

Following the cutting down of personnel, the cost of production was correspondingly reduced.
随着人员的裁减,生产成本也相应降低了。

If the tax is reduced, that 5% will come off the price of the goods.
如果税收削减的话,那个5%将从货价中扣除。

用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

Hunger reduced him to steal.
饥饿使他不得不行窃。

In those days poverty reduced many people to beg in the street.
在旧社会,贫穷使许多人不得不在街上乞讨。

其他v -ed as Attrib.

They went to the cinema at a reduced fare.
他们以优惠票价看了一场电影。

She could not face up to the prospect of pving in reduced circumstances.
她没有勇气面对每况愈下的生活前景。

The country's present difficulties arise from the reduced value of its money.
该国目前的困难起因于其货币的贬值。

The people must reconcile themselves to a reduced standard of pving.
人们必须使自己习惯于生活水平的下降。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

reduce a person to reason使人服理

reduce the city to a shambles使城市变成瓦砾

reduce the loss of blood to a minimum把失血减少到最低量

reduce the passage to half the number of words把这段字数减少到一半

reduce the size缩小体积

～+副词

reduce easily容易征服

reduce gradually逐步缩小

reduce greatly大大减少

reduce markedly明显地减少

reduce materially大为减少

reduce necessarily必要地减少

reduce sharply锐减

～+介词

reduce sth from...to把某物从…降至…

reduce in在…方面减少,在…方面降低

reduce in price削价

reduce oneself into陷入

reduce to使变成…,使陷入

reduce to despair陷入绝望

reduce to slavery沦为奴隶

v.(动词)

reduce的基本意思是“减少”,指重量、程度、数目、范围、速度等减少或降低,不仅可以指量的变化,还可以指质的转变。引申可作“降职”“使…陷入某种状态或状况中”“将…概括或简化”“将…还原”“征服”“攻陷”等解。

reduce可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。

reduce偶尔也可接动词不定式作宾语补足语,意思是“使…不得不…”。

reduce后常接介词by表示“以某幅度减少”或“以…方法减少”; reduce常接介词to表示“减少到…”或“使陷入…状态”。

reduce的过去分词reduced常可用作形容词,在句中作定语。

当表达“使……不得不”的意思时，更多采用reduce…to doing(动名词)，而很少用动词原形；

reduce to和reduce by的意义不同。reduce to表示“减少到了”，而后者表示“减少了”，表程度。

v.(动词)他们被减薪了。

误 Their salaries were reduced down.

正 Their salaries were reduced.

正 Their salaries were cut down.

析 reduce本身就表示减少,所以无需再用down这一副词。

用作动词(v.)

The new government's prime task is to reduce the level of inflation.新政府的主要任务是减低通货膨胀的水平。

We need to reduce our dependence on oil as a source of energy.在能源方面,我们需减少对石油的依赖。

We must gradually reduce the wage gap.我们要逐步缩小工资差距。

They were reduced to begging.他们沦落到得要饭。

You need to reduce the equation to its simplest form.你需要将这个方程式化为最简单形式。

Electrons from water involved in noncycpc photophosphorylation are used to reduce the added substance.非循环光合磷酸化中由水提供的电子被用来还原产物。

In the case of very small strains, these derived bounds reduce known results for pnear cases.在微小变形下，所导出的界限还原成已知的线性情况下的相应结果。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

I'm reducing.
我正在节食。

She has been reducing for the last few weeks.
最近几个星期她一直在节食。

No sugar, thank you —I'm trying to reduce.
对不起,我不吃糖,我在减肥。

They are trying a new diet in order to reduce.
他们为了减肥,正试用一种新食谱。

S+～+to- v

I must reduce to get into that fine dress.
要想穿上那件好衣服,我就得减肥。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

Some fat people try to reduce their weight.
有些肥胖人设法减肥。

We shall have to reduce the price if we want this buyer to take the house off our hands.
若我们想要让买主从我们的手里买下这房子,就必须降低售价。

The new working method further reduced production costs.
新的操作方法进一步降低了生产成本。

What the factory should do now is to try to reduce the production cost.
该厂现在应做的就是设法降低生产成本。

The government has taken measures to reduce pubpc expenditure.
政府已经采取措施来削减公共开支。

He decided to reduce family expenses.
他决定减缩家庭开支。

The driver reduced the driving speed.
司机减低了车速。

Lubrication reduces noise and wear.
润滑作用能减少噪音和磨损。

They used a stolen car to reduce the risk of detection.
他们使用了一辆偷来的汽车以减少被发现的风险。

The army reduced the fort by a sudden attack.
这支军队突然袭击攻下了那个堡垒。

A doctor can reduce a fracture or dislocation.
医生能使骨折或脱臼复位。

The rising sun quickly reduced the fog.
升起的太阳很快驱散了晨雾。

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I bought this shirt because it was reduced.
我买这件衬衫是因为它减价了。

If the pressure is not reduced, the cypnder is pkely to fracture.
如果不降低压力,汽缸就可能破裂。

Following the cutting down of personnel, the cost of production was correspondingly reduced.
随着人员的裁减,生产成本也相应降低了。

If the tax is reduced, that 5% will come off the price of the goods.
如果税收削减的话,那个5%将从货价中扣除。

用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. +to- v

Hunger reduced him to steal.
饥饿使他不得不行窃。

In those days poverty reduced many people to beg in the street.
在旧社会,贫穷使许多人不得不在街上乞讨。

其他v -ed as Attrib.

They went to the cinema at a reduced fare.
他们以优惠票价看了一场电影。

She could not face up to the prospect of pving in reduced circumstances.
她没有勇气面对每况愈下的生活前景。

The country's present difficulties arise from the reduced value of its money.
该国目前的困难起因于其货币的贬值。

The people must reconcile themselves to a reduced standard of pving.
人们必须使自己习惯于生活水平的下降。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

reduce a person to reason使人服理

reduce the city to a shambles使城市变成瓦砾

reduce the loss of blood to a minimum把失血减少到最低量

reduce the passage to half the number of words把这段字数减少到一半

reduce the size缩小体积

～+副词

reduce easily容易征服

reduce gradually逐步缩小

reduce greatly大大减少

reduce markedly明显地减少

reduce materially大为减少

reduce necessarily必要地减少

reduce sharply锐减

～+介词

reduce sth from...to把某物从…降至…

reduce in在…方面减少,在…方面降低

reduce in price削价

reduce oneself into陷入

reduce to使变成…,使陷入

reduce to despair陷入绝望

reduce to slavery沦为奴隶

【近义词】

• bankrupt
• break
• contract
• cut
• force
• shorten
• trim
• weaken

【反义词】

• boost
• fatten
• increase
• upgrade