reduce
减少;缩小;使还原;使变弱
减少;节食;蒸发;(液体)浓缩变稠
变形
过去式:reduced过去分词:reduced现在分词:reducing第三人称单数:reduces
双语释义
- vt. 缩减,减少; 降低 make less in size, amount, price, degree, etc.
- vi. 减轻体重,节食 lose weight intentionly; diet
- vt. 降职 make sb lower in rank or status; demote sb
- vt. 使…陷入某种状态或状况中 bring sb/sth into a specified state or condition
- vt. 将…概括或简化 change sth to a more general or basic form
- vt. 将…还原 remove oxygen from or add hydrogen or electrons to (a compound)
英英释义
reduce[ ri'dju:s, -'du:s ]
- v.
- cut down on; make a reduction in
"reduce your daily fat intake"
同义词:cut downcut backtrimtrim downtrim backcutbring down
- make less complex
"reduce a problem to a single question"
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
"He reduced the population to slavery"
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
"She reduced her niece to a servant"
- be the essential element
同义词:come downboil down
- reduce in size; reduce physically
同义词:shrink
- lessen and make more modest
"reduce one's standard of living"
- make smaller
"reduce an image"
同义词:scale down
- 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
同义词:deoxidizedeoxidise
- narrow or limit
"reduce the influx of foreigners"
同义词:tighten
- put down by force or intimidation
同义词:repressquashkeep downsubduesubjugate
- undergo meiosis
"The cells reduce"
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
同义词:abridgeforeshortenabbreviateshortencutcontract
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
"The sauce should reduce to one cup"
同义词:boil downdecoctconcentrate
- cook until very little liquid is left
"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
同义词:boil downconcentrate
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
同义词:dilutethinthin outcut
- take off weight
同义词:melt offlose weightslimslenderizethinslim down
- cut down on; make a reduction in
词汇搭配
- reduce a person to reason使人服理
- reduce the city to a shambles使城市变成瓦砾
- reduce the loss of blood to a minimum把失血减少到最低量
- reduce the passage to half the number of words把这段字数减少到一半
- reduce the size缩小体积
- reduce easily容易征服
- reduce gradually逐步缩小
- reduce greatly大大减少
- reduce markedly明显地减少
- reduce materially大为减少
- reduce necessarily必要地减少
- reduce sharply锐减
- reduce sth from...to把某物从…降至…
- reduce in在…方面减少,在…方面降低
- reduce in price削价
- reduce oneself into陷入
- reduce to使变成…,使陷入
- reduce to despair陷入绝望
- reduce to slavery沦为奴隶
词组短语
reduce pollution降低污染
reduce weight整形美容减肥
reduce waste减少浪费
reduce by减少了
同近义词辨析
这组词都有“减少,减轻”的意思,其区别是:
diminishv.指因为不断消耗,在数量方面缓慢减少,也指在素质或者价值的下降。
The supply of oil has diminished because of the war.由于战争石油的供应减少了。
decline v. (数目、价格、比率)下降;谢绝,婉言推辞;衰退,衰落。
Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply declined.去年芝加哥的犯罪率明显下降。
He declined our invitation to dinner.他婉拒了我们请他吃饭的邀请。
alleviatev.在痛苦方面的减轻,缓和
The painkiller alleviated the pain.止疼药减缓了疼痛。
decreasev.指数量上的减少;力量或者强度的减弱。
The population decreased a lot last year.去年人口数量急剧下降。
reducev.指人为地使某物在数量或重量方面的减少或降低。
He reduced the amount of money they could spend.他缩减了他们的开销。
这组词都有“减少”的意思,其区别是:
diminish v. (力量、势力)减弱,减少,强调由于某种原因而减少,这种减少可以造成能够为人们所察觉的后果或损失。
The need to take action has diminished.已经没有多少需要采取行动的必要性了。
decline v. (数量、数字、价格、比率)下降,下落。
Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply declined.去年芝加哥的犯罪率明显下降。
decreasev.减少,减小,强调逐渐地下降或减少的过程。
reducev.是及物动词,指通过人为的方法在数量、规模、范围等方面减少,也可以指在地位、重要性方面降低等级。
He reduced his weight by 20 pounds by eating less and exercising.他通过节食和运动,体重减轻了20磅。
decrease 多表示逐渐缩小。如:The swelling decreased daily.(肿胀日渐消退。)
reduce 为常用词,使用范围较大,可指尺寸,数量,规模和程度等,也可指地位,经济状况。如:He won’t reduce the rent of the house.(他不愿降低房租。)
这是一组形近易混词。
inducev.引诱,劝;引起,导致。
We couldn't induce the old lady to travel by air.我们无法劝说那位老太太坐飞机去。
deducev.推断,推理,演绎。
My friend becomes quiet when his girlfriend is angry with him; today he is quiet and so I deduce she is angry.我的朋友在他的女朋友生他的气的时候就会变得沉默,今天他很沉默,所以我推断她生气了。
reducev.减轻,减小;降低。
He reduced his weight by 20 pounds by eating less and exercising.他通过节食和运动,体重减轻了20磅。
这组词都有“减少,变少”的意思,其区别是:
diminish侧重大小数量和重要性的不断减小,强调减小的部分。
dwindle与decrease同义,指逐渐减小,但强调变得越来越少终至全无。
lessen普通用词,与decrease近义。指数目、程度、价值、实力等的减少。
decrease指逐渐地、不断地减少。
reduce普通用词,含义广。指数量、程度的降低或减少。
双语例句
- The new government's prime task is to reduce the level of inflation.
新政府的主要任务是减低通货膨胀的水平。 - We need to reduce our dependence on oil as a source of energy.
在能源方面,我们需减少对石油的依赖。 - We must gradually reduce the wage gap.
我们要逐步缩小工资差距。 - They were reduced to begging.
他们沦落到得要饭。 - You need to reduce the equation to its simplest form.
你需要将这个方程式化为最简单形式。 - Electrons from water involved in noncyclic photophosphorylation are used to reduce the added substance.
非循环光合磷酸化中由水提供的电子被用来还原产物。 - In the case of very small strains, these derived bounds reduce known results for linear cases.
在微小变形下,所导出的界限还原成已知的线性情况下的相应结果。