reduce
US
UK reduce [sth] vtr: (lessen, decrease)
SC 使变少
TC 使變少
TC 使變少
SC 减少 jiǎn shǎo
TC 減少
TC 減少
Now Trevor has lost his job, he needs to reduce his monthly outgoings.
现在特莱福失去了自己的工作，需要减少每月的开销。
reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep: (lessen, decrease)
SC 将…减少到
SC 使…变少到
By extending the term of her mortgage, Jane reduced her monthly payments to £400.
简延长了自己的贷款还款期限，将每月分期付款减少到400英镑。
reduce [sth] vtr: (rate, etc.: lower) (利率、税率、通货膨胀率等)
SC 降低…率 jiàng dī … lǜ
TC 降低…率
TC 降低…率
The bank has lowered the interest rate on our mortgage.
银行降低了房贷的利率。
reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep: (rate, etc.: lower) (汇率等)
SC 降低到
The Bank of England has reduced interest rates to 0.5%.
英格兰银行已经将利率降到0.5％。
reduce [sth] vtr: (lower the quantity of)
SC 减少 jiǎn shǎo
TC 減少
TC 減少
SC 消减 jiǎn shǎo ，xiāo jiǎn
SC 裁减 jiǎn shǎo ，cái jiǎn
TC 裁減
TC 裁減
The factory had to reduce its staff due to a lack of demand for its product.
因为产品的需求不足，工厂只能裁减员工。
reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep: (lower the quantity to)
SC 将…削减到
SC 将…缩减至
Ian is giving up smoking and has reduced the number of cigarettes he smokes each day to three.
伊安正在戒烟，将每天抽的烟削减到三根。
reduce [sth] vtr: (copy: make smaller)
SC 缩小 suō xiǎo
TC 縮小
TC 縮小
I need to reduce this A3 poster so that it will fit onto a sheet of A4.
我需要将这张A3的海报缩小一些，以便将其放进A4纸上。
reduce vi: (lessen, decrease)
SC 变少 biàn shǎo
SC 减少 biàn shǎo ，jiǎn shǎo
TC 減少
TC 減少
The number of visitors to this town has reduced in recent years.
近年来，到镇上旅游的访客减少了。
reduce [sb] to doing [sth] v expr: often passive (worsen status of)
SC 使沦落 shǐ lún luò
TC 使淪落
TC 使淪落
A once-wealthy woman, she has been reduced to begging in the street.
reduce [sb] to doing [sth] v expr: usually passive (make resort to)
SC 使…不得不
SC 使…被迫做
We were so poor back then that we were reduced to living on peanut butter and crackers.
reduce [sth] vtr: (cookery: boil down) (汤等)
SC 使...浓缩
Reduce the wine by boiling it in a saucepan.
reduce [sth] vtr: (mathematics: simplify) (数学)
SC 约分, 约化
The fraction 5/10 can be reduced to 1/2.
reduce [sth] vtr: (broken bone: set)
SC 复位 fù wèi
Surgery was needed to reduce the fractured bone.
reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep: (simplify, condense)
SC 将…概括成 jiāng … gài kuò chéng
SC 将…简化为 jiāng … gài kuò chéng，jiāng … jiǎn huà wéi
The conflict cannot be reduced to a simple view of good versus evil.
reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep: (break down into: pieces)
SC 使…碎成
SC 使…破碎成
The building was reduced to pieces by the force of the explosion.
reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep: (idea, text: condense) (文章等)
SC 将…压缩成，使…精简为
That whole speech could be reduced to "Be nice."
reduce [sth/sb] to [sth] vtr + prep: (worsen condition of)
SC 使…沦落到
SC 让…沦落为
They have reduced education to rote learning and memorization.
She was reduced to poverty.
reduce [sth] down vtr phrasal sep: (cookery: boil down)
SC 煮浓
SC 熬浓 āo nóng
Reduce the sauce down by simmering rapidly.
reduce the temperature v expr: (make it cooler)
SC 降低温度 jiàng dī wēn dù
TC 降低溫度
TC 降低溫度
SC 降温 jiàng dī wēn dù，jiàng wēn
TC 降溫
TC 降溫
Doctors will always try to reduce the temperature of patients with fever.