reduce 的英语意思
reducereduce /rɪˈdjuːs $ rɪˈduːs/ verb 
查看全部语言翻译1[transitive] to make something smaller or less in size, amount, or price使某物在尺寸、数量或价格上变小或减少 SYN cut: 
The governor announced a new plan to reduce crime.州长宣布了一项减少犯罪的新计划。 The helmet law should reduce injuries in motorcycle accidents.头盔法规应能减少摩托车事故中的伤亡人数。 Small businesses will need to reduce costs in order to survive.小型企业需要削减成本才能生存。reduce something by something The workforce has been reduced by half.劳动力已减少了一半。reduce something (from something) to something All the shirts were reduced to £10.所有衬衫均降价至10英镑。 The new bridge should reduce travelling time from 50 minutes to 15 minutes.新桥应能将行程时间从50分钟缩短至15分钟。2[intransitive, transitive] if you reduce a liquid, or if it reduces, you boil it so that there is less of it将液体煮沸使其量减少；（液体）熬煮收缩3[intransitive] especially American English to become thinner by losing weight通过减重而变瘦4be in reduced circumstances old-fashioned旧式 to be poorer than you were before变得比以前贫困COLLOCATIONS词语搭配adverbs副词greatly/substantially/considerably reduce· He has greatly reduced the political power of the armed forces.· 他大大削弱了武装力量的政治权力。significantly reduce· Their symptoms were significantly reduced.· 他们的症状明显减轻了。dramatically/drastically reduce· They are committed to drastically reducing the size and cost of government.· 他们致力于大幅削减政府规模和开支。sharply reduce· Medical progress has sharply reduced death rates.· 医学进步使死亡率大幅下降。gradually reduce· The aim is to gradually reduce the number of troops in the area.· 目标是逐步减少该地区的驻军数量。THESAURUS同义词辨析to reduce prices, numbers, or amounts降低价格、数字或数量reduce to make the price, amount, or size of something less or smaller使某物的价格、数量或尺寸降低或缩小: · The price was reduced by 50%.· 价格降低了50%。· We need to reduce the amount of salt in our diet.· 我们需要减少饮食中的盐分摄入量。cut to reduce something, especially by a large amount – used about prices, costs, jobs, or the time needed to do something削减某物，尤指大幅削减——用于价格、成本、工作岗位或完成某事所需的时间: · Companies are always looking for ways to cut costs.· 公司总是在寻找削减成本的方法。· The journey time will be cut to under 2 hours.· 旅行时间将缩短至2小时以内。· Staff numbers have been cut by half to about 150.· 员工人数已削减了一半，降至约150人。lower to reduce the level, limit, or amount of something. Lower sounds rather formal降低某物的水平、限度或数量。lower 语气较正式: · The voting age was lowered to 18.· 投票年龄降至18岁。· The government decided to lower interest rates by 0.5%.· 政府决定将利率下调0.5%。· After twenty minutes, lower the temperature to 150 degrees.· 二十分钟后，将温度降至150度。bring something down to reduce something such as prices or costs, or reduce the level of something. Bring something down is less formal than lower降低价格或成本等，或降低某物的水平。bring something down 比 lower 更口语化: · The government wants to bring down the level of inflation.· 政府希望降低通货膨胀水平。· The company is trying to bring its costs down.· 公司正努力降低成本。slash informal非正式 to reduce an amount or price by a very large amount – used especially in newspapers and advertisements大幅削减数量或价格——尤用于报纸和广告: · Public spending has been slashed over the past two years.· 过去两年，公共支出已被大幅削减。· Prices slashed for one week only!· 仅限一周，价格大幅削减！cut something back to reduce the amount of something – used especially about people deciding to spend less, do less, or use less of something减少某物的数量——尤指人们决定少花、少做或少用某物: · The education budget has been cut back again.· 教育预算再次被削减。· I need to cut back on my workload.· 我需要减轻工作量。downsize to reduce the number of people employed in order to reduce costs – used about a company or organization为降低成本而裁减员工人数——用于公司或组织: · The company is planning to downsize its European operations.· 该公司计划缩减其欧洲业务规模。scale something down/back to reduce the size or the amount of money that is being spent on something缩减规模或削减某事物的支出金额: · The research programme has been scaled down.· 研究计划已被缩减规模。· The navy is being scaled down.· 海军正在缩减规模。relieve/ease to make pain or feelings less unpleasant使疼痛或情绪不那么难受: · The drug is used to relieve pain.· 该药物用于缓解疼痛。· A joke can help to ease the tension.· 一个笑话可以帮助缓解紧张气氛。alleviate formal正式 to reduce pain or suffering, or make a problem less serious减轻疼痛或痛苦，或使问题不那么严重: · You can buy various medicines to alleviate the symptoms of flu.· 你可以购买各种药物来缓解流感症状。· The new road was supposed to alleviate the congestion problem.· 新道路本应缓解交通拥堵问题。reduce somebody/something to something phrasal verb1reduce somebody to tears/silence etc to make someone cry, be silent etc使某人哭泣、沉默等: She was reduced to tears in front of her students.她在学生面前忍不住哭了出来。2reduce somebody to doing something to make someone do something they would rather not do, especially when it involves behaving or living in a way that is not as good as before迫使某人做不得不做的事，尤指以不如从前的方式行事或生活: Eventually Charlotte was reduced to begging on the streets.夏洛特最终沦落到在街头乞讨。3reduce something to ashes/rubble/ruins to destroy something, especially a building, completely将某物（尤指建筑物）彻底摧毁: A massive earthquake reduced the city to rubble.一场大地震将这座城市夷为废墟。4to change something into a shorter simpler form将某物转化为更简短、更简单的形式: Many jobs can be reduced to a few simple points.许多工作可以归纳为几个简单的要点。
查看全部语言翻译1[transitive] to make something smaller or less in size, amount, or price使某物在尺寸、数量或价格上变小或减少 SYN cut: The governor announced a new plan to reduce crime.州长宣布了一项减少犯罪的新计划。 The helmet law should reduce injuries in motorcycle accidents.头盔法规应能减少摩托车事故中的伤亡人数。 Small businesses will need to reduce costs in order to survive.小型企业需要削减成本才能生存。reduce something by something The workforce has been reduced by half.劳动力已减少了一半。reduce something (from something) to something All the shirts were reduced to £10.所有衬衫均降价至10英镑。 The new bridge should reduce travelling time from 50 minutes to 15 minutes.新桥应能将行程时间从50分钟缩短至15分钟。2[intransitive, transitive] if you reduce a liquid, or if it reduces, you boil it so that there is less of it将液体煮沸使其量减少；（液体）熬煮收缩3[intransitive] especially American English to become thinner by losing weight通过减重而变瘦4be in reduced circumstances old-fashioned旧式 to be poorer than you were before变得比以前贫困COLLOCATIONS词语搭配adverbs副词greatly/substantially/considerably reduce· He has greatly reduced the political power of the armed forces.· 他大大削弱了武装力量的政治权力。significantly reduce· Their symptoms were significantly reduced.· 他们的症状明显减轻了。dramatically/drastically reduce· They are committed to drastically reducing the size and cost of government.· 他们致力于大幅削减政府规模和开支。sharply reduce· Medical progress has sharply reduced death rates.· 医学进步使死亡率大幅下降。gradually reduce· The aim is to gradually reduce the number of troops in the area.· 目标是逐步减少该地区的驻军数量。THESAURUS同义词辨析to reduce prices, numbers, or amounts降低价格、数字或数量reduce to make the price, amount, or size of something less or smaller使某物的价格、数量或尺寸降低或缩小: · The price was reduced by 50%.· 价格降低了50%。· We need to reduce the amount of salt in our diet.· 我们需要减少饮食中的盐分摄入量。cut to reduce something, especially by a large amount – used about prices, costs, jobs, or the time needed to do something削减某物，尤指大幅削减——用于价格、成本、工作岗位或完成某事所需的时间: · Companies are always looking for ways to cut costs.· 公司总是在寻找削减成本的方法。· The journey time will be cut to under 2 hours.· 旅行时间将缩短至2小时以内。· Staff numbers have been cut by half to about 150.· 员工人数已削减了一半，降至约150人。lower to reduce the level, limit, or amount of something. Lower sounds rather formal降低某物的水平、限度或数量。lower 语气较正式: · The voting age was lowered to 18.· 投票年龄降至18岁。· The government decided to lower interest rates by 0.5%.· 政府决定将利率下调0.5%。· After twenty minutes, lower the temperature to 150 degrees.· 二十分钟后，将温度降至150度。bring something down to reduce something such as prices or costs, or reduce the level of something. Bring something down is less formal than lower降低价格或成本等，或降低某物的水平。bring something down 比 lower 更口语化: · The government wants to bring down the level of inflation.· 政府希望降低通货膨胀水平。· The company is trying to bring its costs down.· 公司正努力降低成本。slash informal非正式 to reduce an amount or price by a very large amount – used especially in newspapers and advertisements大幅削减数量或价格——尤用于报纸和广告: · Public spending has been slashed over the past two years.· 过去两年，公共支出已被大幅削减。· Prices slashed for one week only!· 仅限一周，价格大幅削减！cut something back to reduce the amount of something – used especially about people deciding to spend less, do less, or use less of something减少某物的数量——尤指人们决定少花、少做或少用某物: · The education budget has been cut back again.· 教育预算再次被削减。· I need to cut back on my workload.· 我需要减轻工作量。downsize to reduce the number of people employed in order to reduce costs – used about a company or organization为降低成本而裁减员工人数——用于公司或组织: · The company is planning to downsize its European operations.· 该公司计划缩减其欧洲业务规模。scale something down/back to reduce the size or the amount of money that is being spent on something缩减规模或削减某事物的支出金额: · The research programme has been scaled down.· 研究计划已被缩减规模。· The navy is being scaled down.· 海军正在缩减规模。relieve/ease to make pain or feelings less unpleasant使疼痛或情绪不那么难受: · The drug is used to relieve pain.· 该药物用于缓解疼痛。· A joke can help to ease the tension.· 一个笑话可以帮助缓解紧张气氛。alleviate formal正式 to reduce pain or suffering, or make a problem less serious减轻疼痛或痛苦，或使问题不那么严重: · You can buy various medicines to alleviate the symptoms of flu.· 你可以购买各种药物来缓解流感症状。· The new road was supposed to alleviate the congestion problem.· 新道路本应缓解交通拥堵问题。reduce somebody/something to something phrasal verb1reduce somebody to tears/silence etc to make someone cry, be silent etc使某人哭泣、沉默等: She was reduced to tears in front of her students.她在学生面前忍不住哭了出来。2reduce somebody to doing something to make someone do something they would rather not do, especially when it involves behaving or living in a way that is not as good as before迫使某人做不得不做的事，尤指以不如从前的方式行事或生活: Eventually Charlotte was reduced to begging on the streets.夏洛特最终沦落到在街头乞讨。3reduce something to ashes/rubble/ruins to destroy something, especially a building, completely将某物（尤指建筑物）彻底摧毁: A massive earthquake reduced the city to rubble.一场大地震将这座城市夷为废墟。4to change something into a shorter simpler form将某物转化为更简短、更简单的形式: Many jobs can be reduced to a few simple points.许多工作可以归纳为几个简单的要点。