reduces
英
/rɪˈdjuːsɪz/
美
/rɪˈduːsɪz/
v.
减少，缩小(尺寸、数量、价格等);(使)蒸发;减轻体重;节食
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reduce
频次
1
VERB 减少；减小；减轻
If you reduce something, 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。
2
VERB 使沦为，使陷入（不好的境地）
If someone is reduced to a 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。
3
VERB 迫使;使不得不（做）；使只得
If you say that someone is reduced to doing 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。
4
VERB 使变成;使简化为
If something is changed to a different or less complicated form, you can say that it is reduced to that form.
All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble...
城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。
5
V-ERG （烹调中）使变浓稠，收汁
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.
Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half...
用小炖锅炖，收一半汤汁。
6
PHRASE 境况变差;生活拮据
If you say that someone is living in 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。
7
PHRASE 使…无言
If someone or something reduces you to 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。
8
PHRASE 使…落泪
If someone or something reduces you to 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。
双语例句
全部 减少 缩小 减轻体重
1
Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease.
戒烟会减少得心脏病的风险。
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2
Some studies, including the new report, suggest DHA supplementation in pregnancy reduces the likelihood of premature birth.
一些研究，包括最新报告，暗示孕期补充dha会减少早产的可能。
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3
We can reduce the problem to two main issues.
我们可以将这个问题概括成两个要点。
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4
We'll need to reduce the weight by half.
我们得把重量减轻一半。
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5
If these measures also reduce unemployment, that is all to the good.
要是这些措施也能降低失业率，那就不失为好事。
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Better insulation of your home will help
