reduce /rɪˈdjuːs/ CET4 TEM4 ( reducing, reduced, reduces )

• 1. 

  V-T If you reduce something, you make it smaller in size or amount, or less in degree. 使变小

  例：

  It reduces the risks of heart disease.

  它减小了犯心脏病的危险。

• 2. 

  V-T If someone is reduced to a weaker or inferior state, they become weaker or inferior as a result of something that happens to them. 使陷入 [usu passive]

  例：

  They were reduced to extreme poverty.

  他们沦落到极度贫困的地步。

• 3. 

  V-T If you say that someone is reduced to doing something, you mean that they have to do it, although it is unpleasant or embarrassing. 迫使 [usu passive]

  例：

  He was reduced to begging for a living.

  他不得不以乞讨为生。

• 4. 

  V-T If something is changed to a different or less complicated form, you can say that it is reduced to that form. 使变成; 使简化为 [usu passive]

  例：

  All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble.

  镇上所有的建筑都变成了瓦砾。

• 5. 

  V-T/V-I If you reduce liquid when you are cooking, or if it reduces, it is boiled in order to make it less in quantity and thicker. 使变稠; 收汁

  例：

  Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half.

  在小炖锅中煮沸汤汁使其收到一半的量。

• 6. 

  PHRASE If someone or something reduces you to tears, they make you feel so unhappy that you cry. 使…流泪

  例：

  The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.

  媒体的关注使她流下了眼泪。