Insurance costs will be reduced for houses fitted with window locks.

窗户有锁的房子保险费用降低。

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It is desirable that interest rates be reduced.

利率下调是可取的。

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His argument was that public spending must be reduced.

他的论点是公共开支必须减缩。

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"The lower the euro is, the more competitive these economies become and,therefore, the more the fiscal concerns are going to be reduced."

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De Man's point is a question is both rhetorical and grammatical, and the one cannot be reduced to the other. Both readings are available.

德曼想指出的是，一个问句既是修辞型问句又是语法型问句，那么一个不能变成另一个，两种理解都有效。

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We thought that the Taliban will be reduced to a minor irritating factor within 6 months to a year.

我们原以为,在六个月到一年之内塔利班分子会减少成为一个很小的势利。

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Africa is too complex, too diverse, to be reduced to a handful of phrases.

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Graves, Hunt's attorney, had earlier asked that the charges be reduced to a misdemeanor.

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Accordingly, this too suggests that the 1970-2000 warming effect attributed to anthropogenic influences should be reduced.

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