reduce

vt

• ① 减少;减低;减缩
  • reduce production减产
  • I tried to reduce my expenses.我设法减缩我的开支。
  • He reduced his weight by five pounds.他把体重减轻五磅。
  • He reduced his weight from 75kg. to 65kg.他将体重由七十五公斤减为六十五公斤。

• ② 1使降低;贬低(★常用被动式)2使(某人)沦落(★通常用被动式)3降低(价格、价值等)
  • The captain was reduced to the ranks.那名上尉被降为士兵。
  • She was reduced to extreme poverty.她沦于赤贫。
  • He was reduced to begging for a living.他沦为以行乞为生。
  • The price was reduced (to $500).价格下降(为五百美元)。
  • The computer was reduced to half the original price.该电脑降到原价的一半。

• ③ 1使(人等)成为(某种状态);迫使(★常用被动式)2使(东西)变成(某种形状)、使变形3(经过整理)将(事物)化为(简单的形式)
  • The police reduced the mob to order.警察使暴民恢复制序。
  • The patient was reduced to a skeleton [skin and bones].那个病人瘦成骨架子[皮包骨]。
  • She was reduced to silence [tears].她被迫沉默下来[哭泣起来]。
  • The fire soon reduced the papers to ashes.火不久就使那些文档化为灰。
  • His argument can be reduced to three facts.他的议论可为三项事实。

• ④ 征服(城市、堡垒等);镇压
  • reduce a fort征服某堡垒

• ⑤ 【数】换算;通分;约(分)
  • reduce an equation解方程序

• ⑥ 【外科】使(脱臼等)复位

• ⑦ 【化】使还原;分解
  • We can reduce this compound to its elements.我们可以把这个化合物分解为元素。