首页英语词典reducereduce英英释意

reduce

英[rɪ'djuːs] 美[rɪ'dʊs]
  • vt. 减少;降低;使处于;把…分解
  • vi. 减少;缩小;归纳为

英英释意


1. cut down on; make a reduction in;
"reduce your daily fat intake"
"The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
2. make less complex;
"reduce a problem to a single question"
3. bring to humbler or weaker state or condition;
"He reduced the population to slavery"
4. simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
5. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation;
"She reduced her niece to a servant"
6. be the essential element;
"The proposal boils down to a compromise"
7. reduce in size; reduce physically;
"Hot water will shrink the sweater"
"Can you shrink this image?"
8. lessen and make more modest;
"reduce one's standard of living"
9. make smaller;
"reduce an image"
10. to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
11. narrow or limit;
"reduce the influx of foreigners"
12. put down by force or intimidation;
"The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"
"China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"
"The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
13. undergo meiosis;
"The cells reduce"
14. reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
15. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;
"The manuscript must be shortened"
16. be cooked until very little liquid is left;
"The sauce should reduce to one cup"
17. cook until very little liquid is left;
"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
18. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture;
"cut bourbon"
19. take off weight