Human beings can be reduced to their movable parts much like a machine.

人类被浓缩到那些可运动的部分,就像一个机器。

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Consequently, the global warming hype machine is being reduced to running on Category 1 fumes.

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The proud studio that once put out films like Gone With the Wind and Doctor Zhivago has been reduced to middling hits like Hot Tub Time Machine and outright failures like the recent Fame remake.

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We have reduced his ability to move, sustain and supply the war machine in Kosovo.

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