單詞
reduce
英 [r?'dju?s]
美[r?'d?s]
基本信息
- vt. 減少；降低；使處于；把…分解
- vi. 減少；縮??；歸納為
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英英釋意
- 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
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