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TOEFL BNC: 567 COCA: 701
reduce
rɪdjuːs -duːs rɪˈdus rɪˈdjus
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense reduces, present participle reducing, past tense , past participle reduced
1 VERB

減少；減小；減輕 If you reduce something, you make it smaller in size or amount, or less in degree. 減少；減小；減輕

  • It reduces the risks of heart disease. [VERB noun]

    這降低了患心髒病的風險。

  • Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent. [VERB noun]

    消費下降了25個百分點。

  • The reduced consumer demand is also affecting company profits. [VERB-ed]

    消費需求的降低也影響到了公司的利潤。

SYN lessen, cut, contract, lower
2 VERB [usually passive]

使淪爲，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. 使淪爲，使陷入（不好的境地）

  • They were reduced to extreme poverty. [be VERB-ed + to]

    他們陷入極端貧困的狀態。

  • They wanted the army reduced to a police force. [VERB-ed]

    他們想把這支隊伍降級爲一支警察部隊。

SYN degrade, downgrade, demote, lower in rank
3 VERB [usually passive]

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. 迫使;使不得不（做）；使只得

  • He was reduced to begging for a living. [be VERB-ed + to]

    他不得不以乞討爲生。

SYN drive, force, bring, bring to the point of
4 VERB [usually passive]

使變成;使簡化爲 If something is changed to a different or less complicated form, you can say that it is reduced to that form. 使變成;使簡化爲

  • All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble. [be VERB-ed + to]

    城裏所有的建築都成了廢墟。

  • Politics has been reduced to class struggle. [be V-ed to n]

    政治變成了階級鬥爭。

5 V-ERG

（烹調中）使變濃稠，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. （烹調中）使變濃稠，收汁

  • Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half. [VERB noun]

    用小炖鍋炖，收一半湯汁。

  • Simmer until mixture reduces. [VERB]

    用小火煮到湯汁收濃。

SYN thicken, set, gel, clot
6 PHRASE [usu in PHR]

境況變差;生活拮據 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. 境況變差;生活拮據 [formal]

  • They are the descendants of emperors and kings and are now living in reduced circumstances.

    他們是帝王的後代，但是現在境況大不如前了。

7 PHRASE [VERB inflects]

使…無言 If someone or something reduces you to silence, they make you feel so upset or confused that you cannot speak. 使…無言

  • Her challenge reduced them to silence.

    她的質問讓他們啞口無言。

8 PHRASE

使…落淚 If someone or something reduces you to tears, they make you feel so unhappy that you cry. 使…落淚

  • The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.

    媒體的關注把她弄哭了。

ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesaurusreduce Also look up:
VERB.

cut back, decrease, lessen, lower 1

Word PartnershipUse reduce with:
N.

reduce anxiety, reduce costs, reduce crime, reduce debt, reduce pain, reduce spending, reduce stress, reduce taxes, reduce violence, reduce waste 1

ADV.

dramatically reduce, greatly reduce, significantly reduce, substantially reduce 1

VERB.

help reduce, plan to reduce, try to reduce 1

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