reduced
- v.减少，缩小(尺寸、数量、价格等);(使)蒸发;减轻体重;节食
- adj.减少的；[数] 简化的；缩减的
- reduce的过去分词和过去式
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VERB 减少；减小；减轻
If you reduce something, you make it smaller in size or amount, or less in degree.It reduces the risks of heart disease...
这降低了患心脏病的风险。
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VERB 使沦为，使陷入（不好的境地）
If someone is reduced to a weaker or inferior state, they become weaker or inferior as a result of something that happens to them.They were reduced to extreme poverty...
他们陷入极端贫困的状态。
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VERB 迫使;使不得不（做）；使只得
If you say that someone is reduced to doing something, you mean that they have to do it, although it is unpleasant or embarrassing.He was reduced to begging for a living.
他不得不以乞讨为生。
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VERB 使变成;使简化为
If something is changed to a different or less complicated form, you can say that it is reduced to that form.All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble...
城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。
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V-ERG （烹调中）使变浓稠，收汁
If you reduce liquid when you are cooking, or if it reduces, it is boiled in order to make it less in quantity and thicker.Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half...
用小炖锅炖，收一半汤汁。
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PHRASE 境况变差;生活拮据
If you say that someone is living in reduced circumstances, you mean that they do not have as much money as they used to have.They are the descendants of emperors and kings and are now living in reduced circumstances.
他们是帝王的后代，但是现在境况大不如前了。
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PHRASE 使…无言
If someone or something reduces you to silence, they make you feel so upset or confused that you cannot speak.Her challenge reduced them to silence.
她的质问让他们哑口无言。
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PHRASE 使…落泪
If someone or something reduces you to tears, they make you feel so unhappy that you cry.The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.
媒体的关注把她弄哭了。
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The number of employees was reduced from 40 to 25 .
雇员人数从40人减少到了25人。
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Costs have been reduced by 20 % over the past year .
过去一年，各项费用已经减少了20%。
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We can reduce the problem to two main issues .
我们可以将这个问题概括成两个要点。
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There is some noise in the data which needs to be reduced .
资料里有一些需要删除的不适用信息。
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We 'll need to reduce the weight by half .
我们得把重量减轻一半。
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If these measures also reduce unemployment , that is all to the good .
要是这些措施也能降低失业率，那就不失为好事。
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His argument was that public spending must be reduced .
他的论点是公共开支必须减缩。
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Better insulation of your home will help to reduce heating bills .
增加房子的隔热性能会有助于减少供暖费用。
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We offer special reduced rates for students .
我们对学生有特惠价格。
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The aim is to reduce traffic at peak periods .
目的是缓解高峰期间的交通状况。
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Their aim is to reduce people 's dependency on the welfare state .
他们旨在减少人们对福利制度的依赖。
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This should help reduce the pain .
这个应有助于减轻痛楚。
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The government is looking to reduce inflation .
政府正在力求降低通货膨胀率。
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Today police launched a campaign to reduce road accidents .
警方今天开展了一场减少道路交通事故的运动。
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The debt has been reduced to a more manageable level .
债务减到了比较能够应付的程度。
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They drew up and executed a plan to reduce fuel consumption .
他们制订并实施了一项降低燃料消耗的计划。
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It is desirable that interest rates should be reduced .
利率下调是可取的。
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They are aiming to reduce unemployment by 50 % .
他们正力求使失业人数下降50%。
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Reduce speed now .
减速行驶。
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Use ice to reduce the swelling .
用冰敷消肿。
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It is desirable that interest rates be reduced .
利率下调是可取的。
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He was advised to reduce his alcohol consumption .
他被劝告减少饮酒。
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The government had retreated from its pledge to reduce class sizes .
政府已经改变了缩小班级规模的承诺。
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Insurance costs will be reduced for houses fitted with window locks .
窗户有锁的房子保险费用降低。
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Chemicals are injected into the fruit to reduce decay .
水果注入了化学药品以防腐坏。
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The fruit is injected with chemicals to reduce decay .
水果注入了化学药品以防腐坏。
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The skirt was reduced to £ 10 in the sale .
在大减价期间，这条裙子减价到10英镑。
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The town was reduced to ashes in the fighting .
在战斗中这座城镇已化为灰烬。
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Aspirin should help reduce the fever .
阿司匹林能够退烧。
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Inside , the noise of the traffic was reduced to a distant rumble .
进到屋里，车辆的声音减弱了，就像是远处的隆隆声。