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re.duce objHrI5djU:s, $-5dU:sv [T]to make less in size, amount, degree, importance, etc., or bring into a different, usually worse, state减少，降低Do nuclear weapons really reduce the risk of war?核武器是否真的减少战争的风险？The plane reduced speed as it approached the airport.飞机飞近机场时减速。I reduced (my) weight by going on a diet.我通过节食减轻体重。We bought a television that was reduced (from $500 to $350) in the sales.我们在清仓拍卖中买了台(从500元)减价(到350元)的电视。To make a thicker sauce, reduce the ingredients by boiling for 5 minutes.做厚酱，煮5分钟使作料浓缩。I reduced the problem to a few simple questions.我把难题简化为几个简单的问题。Allied bombing reduced the city to ruins.联合轰炸将城市炸成废墟。I was reduced to tears (= made to cry) seeing the mess that they had made.看到他们弄得乱七八糟，我哭了。The sergeant was reduced to the ranks (= made an ordinary soldier) for his cowardice.中士因怯懦而被降为普通士兵。If you are reduced to doing something, you are forced to do it because you have no other choice.迫使，被迫做I'd run out of cigarettes and was reduced to smoking the butts left in the ashtrays.我没有香烟，不得不吸烟灰缸里的烟头。(dated) She claims she is a duchess living in reduced circumstances (= living in a poorer way than before).她自称她是名落难中的女公爵。If someone who works at a factory or in an office is on reduced time (also short time), they are working fewer days or hours than usual for less money because there is not much work to do.因无多少工作做而削短工作时间He's been put on reduced time because business is so quiet.因生意清淡，他被削短工作时间。
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