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reduce[ri'dju:s]vt. 1 减少,减小;缩减:reduce pain减少疼痛reduce pressure减小压力reduce the production costs降低生产成本reduce the staff(或personnel)裁减人员reduce the distance缩短距离reduce the flood分洪 2 约束,限制;使沦落;迫使(to):reduce sb. to discipline (silence)使某人服从纪律(住嘴)reduce a chaotic room to order把乱糟糟的屋子整理得井井有条live in reduced circumstances过着比原来贫困的生活I was reduced to tears by the cruel words.这番恶毒话使我哭了.be reduced to despair陷入绝望 3 使化为,使变为;把…写成(或印成)文字(to):reduce sth. to ashes把某物化为灰烬reduce wood to pulp把木头变成纸浆reduce a rule to practice把规则付诸实践reduce a profound discourse to plain terms把深奥的论述变为平易的词句reduce an agreement to writing使协议成文 4 降服;攻陷:The guerrillas reduced the enemy fortress.游击队攻下了敌人的要塞. 5 使降级,使降职;使降价:reduce sb. in grade把某人降级reduce an officer to the ranks把军官降为士兵The shirt was reduced in the sale.衬衫削价销售. 6 把…归纳,把…归并:reduce all the questions to one把所有的问题归纳为一个reduce the animals to classes把动物归类 7 弄碎;分解:reduce a compound to its components把化合物分解为各个组分reduce water by electrolysis将水电解 8 使(视力等)衰弱,使变瘦弱:be reduced by illness因病消瘦be reduced to skin and bones(或to a skeleton)变得骨瘦如柴 9 使变稠,使浓缩;(搀水等)使稀释:Boil all the ingredients together till they are reduced to half the quantity.将作料放在一起煮,使浓缩到一半份量.reduce paint with turpentine搀松节油稀释油漆 10 订正(天体观察结果) 11 换算;【数】简化,约简:reduce the days to hours把天数折合成小时数reduce an equation (a fraction)约简方程式(分数) 12 【化】使还原 13 【医】使(断骨、脱臼)复位:reduce a dislocation把脱臼接合好 14 【矿】从(原油)中馏出轻质油;【冶】冶炼 15 【生】使(细胞)减数分裂 16 【摄】减薄(底片等),减低强度 17 【语】使(重读音)弱化
vi. 1 减少,减小;缩减 2 变瘦,减轻体重 3 归纳为,化为(to) 4 【生】减数分裂;【化】还原 |