reduce的基本意思有：减少、缩小、使落魄、简化等。当reduce译为减少时，指重量、程度、数目、范围、速度等减少或降低，不仅可以指量的变化，还可以指质的转变。这时，reduce可引申为“降职”、“使…陷入某种状态或状况中”、“征服”等意思。reduce是动词，可作为及物动词和不及物动词。当reduce用作及物动词时，后接名词或代词作宾语，可用于被动结构。reduce可接动词不定式作宾语补足语。意为“使…不得不…”
简明释义
reduce读法：英 [rɪˈdjuːs]；美 [rɪˈduːs]
v.减少；缩小(尺寸、数量、价格等)；(使)蒸发；减轻体重；节食；使还原。
第三人称单数：reduces
现在分词：reducing
过去式：reduced
过去分词：reduced
例句
1、The windows were tinted to reduce the glare.
窗户上涂上了浅色以减少强光。
2、The manager hasn't worked out a suitable action to reduce the domino effect.
经理还没有想出一个适当的举措来减少多米诺效应。
3、The government will be looking to reduce inflation by a further two per cent this year.
政府力求今年把通货膨胀率再减低百分之二。
4、Taking extra vitamins may reduce your liability to colds.
多吃一些维生素会减少你得感冒的可能性。
5、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。
6、They were reduced to begging or starving.
他们穷得不行乞便挨饿。
7、He is trying to reduce the family's expenses.
他正尽力减少家庭开支。
8、He is reduced almost to a skeleton.
他瘦得几乎变成了一个骨头架子。
reduce短语搭配
1、reduce waste
释义：减少浪费;减少浪费来源考试大;减少废弃物。
2、reduce expenditure
释义：开源与节流并重;开源与节流偏重;在财政上节省支出;节流节支。
3、reduce luminance
释义：降低亮度。
4、reduce by
释义：减少了;减少。
5、Reduce costs
释义：更可减少成本支出;降低成本;减少成本;削减成本。
6、Reduce fat
释义：减肥;降低血脂;降脂。
7、reduce font
释义：缩小字体。
reduce双语例句
1、Better insulation of your home will help to reduce heating bills.
增加房子的隔热性能会有助于减少供暖费用。
2、Their aim is to reduce people's dependency on the welfare state.
他们旨在减少人们对福利制度的依赖。
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。
4、There is some noise in the data which needs to be reduced.
资料里有一些需要删除的不适用信息。
5、We'll need to reduce the weight by half.
我们得把重量减轻一半。
6、The number of employees was reduced from 40 to 25.
雇员人数从40人减少到了25人。
7、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。
8、Costs have been reduced by 20%over the past year.
过去一年，各项费用已经减少了20%。
9、These measures would make a valuable contribution towards reducing industrial accidents.
这些措施将会对减少工业事故起重要的作用。
10、His argument was that public spending must be reduced.
他的论点是公共开支必须减缩。
11、We offer special reduced rates for students.
我们对学生有特惠价格。
12、The aim is to reduce traffic at peak periods.
目的是缓解高峰期间的交通状况。
13、Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease.
戒烟会减少得心脏病的风险。
14、This should help reduce the pain.
这个应有助于减轻痛楚。
15、The government is looking to reduce inflation.
政府正在力求降低通货膨胀率。
16、Reducing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is of critical importance.
减少大气层中的二氧化碳含量极其重要。
17、Today police launched a campaign to reduce road accidents.
警方今天开展了一场减少道路交通事故的运动。
18、The debt has been reduced to a more manageable level.
债务减到了比较能够应付的程度。
19、They drew up and executed a plan to reduce fuel consumption.
他们制订并实施了一项降低燃料消耗的计划。
20、Reducing prison sentences would send the wrong signals to criminals.
减刑会向犯罪分子发出错误的信号。
