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reducereduceD.J.:[riˈdju:s]K.K.:[rɪˈdus, -ˈdjus]vt.1.■缩减, 减少; 降低He won't reduce the rent of our house.他不肯减少我们住房的租金。The driver reduced the driving speed.司机减低了车速。We must try our best to reduce the likelihood of war.我们必须尽最大努力减少战争的可能性。The price was considerably reduced.价格大幅降低了。2.■降低某人的级别或地位; 降职3.■使…陷入某种状态[状况]中Hunger reduced him to steal.饥饿使他不得不行窃。4.■将…概括[简化]The rising sun quickly reduced the fog.升起的太阳很快驱散了晨雾。5.■将…还原A doctor can reduce a fracture or dislocation.医生能使骨折或脱臼复位。vi.1.■减轻体重; 节食She has been reducing for the last few weeks.最近几个星期她一直在节食。I must reduce to get into that fine dress.要想穿上那件好衣服, 我就得减肥。

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reduce[ri'dju:s; -'du:s]vt.1.■减少；缩小；削减，缩减；精简：They have to reduce expenses this year.他们今年必须削减开支。2.■降低；减轻：She tried to reduce her weight.她设法降低她的体重。3.■将…归纳；简化：We can reduce his speech to three sentences.我们可以把他的讲演归纳成三句话。4.■换算；折合：If you reduce 3 lbs. to ounces, you have 48 ounces.如果将3磅换算成盎司，可得48盎司。5.■使变为：The heavy artillery bombardment reduced the village to ruins.猛烈的炮火使这个村庄变成一片废墟。His words reduced her to silence.他的话使她哑口无言。6.■把…弄碎(或熔化等)；捣碎：Their daily work is to reduce the rocks to dust.他们每天的工作就是将岩石捣碎成粉末。7.■使降级；使降职：He was reduced to ordinary soldier due to a serious dereliction of duty.他因严重失职被降为普通士兵。8.■降服(使有秩序等)；攻陷(城市等)：The teacher soon reduced the noisy class to order.教师很快就使这个乱哄哄的班恢复了秩序。The fortress at the entrance to the village was reduced by a sudden attack.村口的堡垒遭到突然袭击而被攻陷。9.■使处境困难(或悲惨等)；迫使，逼迫[常用被动语态]：The bad harvests in the last few years reduced the peasants to extreme poverty.过去几年的庄稼歉收使农民变得极为贫困。Poverty reduced them to begging for a living.贫困迫使他们乞讨为生。10.■使变弱；使变瘦；使衰退：He is reduced to skin and bones.他变得骨瘦如柴。11.■约束；限制：Business was reduced to local buying and selling when the war broke out and international trading ceased.战争爆发国际贸易停止后，商业就只限于地方性的买卖了。12.■【数学】约简：The last problem is to reduce an equation to its simplest form.最后一道题是将一方程式化简为最简单形式。13.■使…浓缩变稠：The last step is to add some salt and reduce the soup for three minutes.最后一个步骤是加些盐然后使汤浓缩三分钟。14.■(用油)调稀(或冲淡)：We can use this special oil to reduce the thick paint to a liquid thin enough to spread easily .我们可以使用这种特殊的油将浓油漆稀释一下，使它刷起来比较省力。15.■【化学】还原；分解(化合物)：Water can be reduced to oxygen and hydrogen by electrolysis.水通过电解可以分解为氧和氢。16.■【外科学】使…复位(或复原)：A doctor can reduce a fracture or dislocation.医生能使骨折或脱臼复原。17.■【语音学】使(重读元音)弱化：Some English vowel sounds which are not given weight in speech become reduced to a rather formless central vowel.英语中有些元音在讲话时没有重读，结果成了相当不定型的中央元音了。18.■【摄影术】减低(底片的)强度19.■【生理学】使(细胞)发生减数分裂vi.1.■减少；缩小；缩减；减弱2.■(节食)减肥：She has been reducing for the last few weeks.她在最近几周一直在节食减肥。3.■【化学】还原：Ferrous iron reduces to ferric iron.二价铁能还原成三价铁。4.■(液体)浓缩变稠：The soup will reduce by adding some cooking starch.汤中加些淀粉将变稠。5.■(油漆、颜料等)稀释：Most paints reduce with turpentine.许多油漆可用松节油稀释。6.■【生物学】(细胞)减数分裂近义词decrease变形vt.reducedreducing

reducereduce[riˈdju:s]vt.1.■减少[小, 轻]; 缩减2.■使处于某种状态; 使变成, 使成为3.■迫使, 使艰难4.■把...分类5.■使变弱; 使降职[级]6.■使陷落7.■压缩[延], 轧制, (横断面)减缩, 减径[瘦], 缩径[口]8.■【数】简[约]化, 约掉[简], 归纳[并, 约], 通分, 还原, 折合, 换算, 转换, 对比9.■【化】使还原(脱氧); 提炼, (从原油中)蒸去轻质油10.■把(油漆)调稀11.■【摄】把(底片等)减薄, 减低强度, 化为12.■处[整]理(数据), 译解, 分析[类]13.■(弄)碎14.■【生】使(细胞)减数分裂15.■【医】使(骨折, 脱臼)复原[位]16.■把(重读音)变成弱读音reduce one's expenditure减少某人的开支reduce the speed降低速度reduce a person to terror [tears, silence]使某人恐怖[流泪, 沉默]reduce an equation to its simplest form将方程简化为最简单形式reduce all the questions to one把所有的问题归纳为一个reduce an officer to the ranks把一位军官降为士兵be reduced to a shadow骨瘦如柴be reduced to despair陷入绝望have the dislocation reduce d请人将脱臼地方复位The poor woman is reduced to begging.那个可怜的女人已沦为乞丐。The soldiers reduced the castle by fire.士兵们用炮火攻下城堡。Days can be reduced to hours.日数可以折合成时数。

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词性变化reduce[riˈdju:s]vi.1.■减少[小], 变轻; 变瘦; 归纳为(to)reduce to an absurdity使变成荒谬reduce to discipline恢复秩序, 使归顺reduce to order [chaos]使秩序井然[乱七八糟]reduce to powder把...弄成粉末reduce to subjection征服

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继承用法reduced[rɪˈdju:st]adj.1.■减小的2.■通化的3.■还原的4.■减化的5.■减数[分裂]的

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参考词汇见decrease;