But some people are concerned that breeding has reduced genetic differences among cattle.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

Now. You might look at that and say, well that's just a lot like what we had over here Right? We had some additive constant plus a simpler version of the same problem reduced in size by 1.

现在你可能会看着这个说，这很像我们以前做过的,对不对？我们用一些附加的常量,加上问题的另外一个规模缩小了1的,简化版本来代替这个问题本身。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The so called binary system, 1 these zeros and ones that you'd probably have some vague sense underlie all computers today actually reduced to the exact same grade school kind of math and system except with computers, 1 because it's a lot easier to use just two digits, zero and one.

所谓的二进制就是，你觉得模糊的0与,在电脑上计算,事实上可以简化为跟小学数学一样,只是在电脑上计算而已，因为它更容易，仅仅使用两个数字，0与。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Some papers have recently closed or declared bankruptcy or reduced their operations.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

That seems to me to be some horrible penalty you've imposed on me, that you've reduced me from being a human being, able to engage in the full range of reflection, and simply turned me into something like a rat.

更像是,强加在我身上的酷刑，我本来是一个人，能进行各种反思，却被变成一种老鼠般的生物。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

They reduced some transportation costs, but only after long court fights.

VOA: special.2010.04.15