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reduce

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v.減少, 縮小, 使落魄, 簡化, 還原

例句與用法：

The windows were tinted to reduce the glare.

窗戶上塗上了淺色以減少強光。

The manager hasn't worked out a suitable action to reduce the domino effect.

經理還沒有想出一個適當的舉措來減少多米諾效應。

The government will be looking to reduce inflation by a further two per cent this year.

政府力求今年把通貨膨脹率再減低百分之二。

Taking extra vitamins may reduce your liability to colds.

多吃一些維生素會減少你得感冒的可能性。

The new government's prime task is to reduce the level of inflation.

新政府的主要任務是減低通貨膨脹的水平。

They were reduced to begging or starving.

他們窮得不行乞便挨餓。

He is trying to reduce the family's expenses.

他正盡力減少家庭開支。

He is reduced almost to a skeleton.

他瘦得幾乎變成了一個骨頭架子。

詞形變化：

形容詞: reducible | 副詞: reducibly | 名詞: reducer | 動詞過去式: reduced | 動詞過去分詞: reduced | 動詞現在分詞: reducing | 動詞第三人稱單數: reduces |

英文解釋:

動詞 reduce:

cut down on; make a reduction in

同義詞：cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down

make less complex

bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

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

be the essential element

同義詞：come down, boil down

reduce in size; reduce physically

同義詞：shrink

lessen and make more modest

make smaller

同義詞：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

同義詞：deoxidize, deoxidise

narrow or limit

同義詞：tighten

put down by force or intimidation

同義詞：repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate

undergo meiosis

reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

同義詞：abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract

be cooked until very little liquid is left

同義詞：boil down, decoct, concentrate

cook until very little liquid is left

同義詞：boil down, concentrate

lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture

同義詞：dilute, thin, thin out, cut

take off weight

同義詞：melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down

同義詞

diminish | decrease | lessen | cut | moderate | condense | ease | degrade | demote | lower | dilute | shrink | bring down | trim down | trim | dwindle | cut down | shorten | downgrade | abbreviate | slash | drive down | relegate | abase | abridge | alleviate | crush | quell | telescope | minimize | abate | soften | curtail | relieve | wane | cheapen | deflate | contract | depress | loosen | stem | compress | boil down | thin | concentrate | deoxidise | slim | thin out | subdue | quash | repress | trim back | come down | foreshorten | subjugate | cut back | slim down | deoxidize | lose weight | slenderize | melt off | keep down | decoct | scale down | tighten |

反義詞

blow up | gain | increase |

以上來源於大辭典