reduced
英 [rɪˈdjuːst]
美 [rɪˈduːst]
v. 减少,缩小(尺寸、数量、价格等); (使)蒸发; 减轻体重; 节食
reduce的过去分词和过去式
BNC.4606 / COCA.6034
柯林斯词典
- VERB 减少;减小;减轻
If youreducesomething, you make it smaller in size or amount, or less in degree.- It reduces the risks of heart disease...
这降低了患心脏病的风险。 - Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent...
消费下降了25个百分点。 - The reduced consumer demand is also affecting company profits.
消费需求的降低也影响到了公司的利润。
- It reduces the risks of heart disease...
- VERB 使沦为,使陷入(不好的境地)
If someoneis reduced toa weaker or inferior state, they become weaker or inferior as a result of something that happens to them.- They were reduced to extreme poverty...
他们陷入极端贫困的状态。 - They wanted the army reduced to a police force.
他们想把这支队伍降级为一支警察部队。
- They were reduced to extreme poverty...
- VERB 迫使;使不得不(做);使只得
If you say that someoneis reduced todoing something, you mean that they have to do it, although it is unpleasant or embarrassing.- He was reduced to begging for a living.
他不得不以乞讨为生。
- He was reduced to begging for a living.
- VERB 使变成;使简化为
If something is changed to a different or less complicated form, you can say that itis reduced tothat form.- All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble...
城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。 - Politics has been reduced to class struggle.
政治变成了阶级斗争。
- All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble...
- V-ERG (烹调中)使变浓稠,收汁
If youreduceliquid when you are cooking, or if itreduces, it is boiled in order to make it less in quantity and thicker.- Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half...
用小炖锅炖,收一半汤汁。 - Simmer until mixture reduces.
用小火煮到汤汁收浓。
- Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half...
- PHRASE 境况变差;生活拮据
If you say that someone is livingin reduced circumstances, you mean that they do not have as much money as they used to have.- They are the descendants of emperors and kings and are now living in reduced circumstances.
他们是帝王的后代,但是现在境况大不如前了。
- They are the descendants of emperors and kings and are now living in reduced circumstances.
- PHRASE 使…无言
If someone or somethingreducesyouto silence, they make you feel so upset or confused that you cannot speak.- Her challenge reduced them to silence.
她的质问让他们哑口无言。
- Her challenge reduced them to silence.
- PHRASE 使…落泪
If someone or somethingreducesyouto tears, they make you feel so unhappy that you cry.- The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.
媒体的关注把她弄哭了。
- The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.
英英释义
adj
- made less in size or amount or degree
- well below normal (especially in price)
双语例句
- He reduced his needs to the minimum by simplifying his life.
他过上了一种简单的生活,将自己的需求降到最低限度。 - All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble
城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。 - Politics has been reduced to class struggle.
政治变成了阶级斗争。 - The blood supply to the skin is reduced when muscles stiffen.
当肌肉变得僵硬时,皮肤的供血量就减少了。 - This reduced the weight of the load
这减轻了负荷的重量。 - The store greatly reduced the prices to make a quick turnover.
这家商店实行大减价以迅速周转资金。 - The deal would have reduced competition in the commuter-aircraft market
这项协议原本会减少通勤航班市场的竞争。 - Boil for 20 minutes until the liquid has reduced by half
煮20分钟,直到液体体积减半。 - Entire suburbs have been reduced to rubble.
整个市郊都变成了一片废墟。 - The king was forced to adopt a new constitution which reduced his powers.
国王被迫采用了削弱其权力的新宪法。