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reduce
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音标：英 [rɪ'djuːs] 美 [rɪ'dʊs]
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解释：
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vt. 减少；降低；使处于；把…分解
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vi. 减少；缩小；归纳为
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中文词源：
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reduce 减少，缩小，简化re-,向后，往回，-duc,拉，词源同 deduce,deduct.即拉回，引申词义减少，缩小。
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英文词源：
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reduce
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reduce: [14] ‘Lessen, diminish’ is a comparatively recent semantic development for reduce. Its Latin ancestor was certainly not used in that sense. This was redūcere, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back, again’ and dūcere ‘lead, bring’ (source of English duct, duke, educate, etc). It meant literally ‘bring back’, hence ‘restore’ and also ‘withdraw’.
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The original ‘bring back’ made the journey to English, and even survived into the early 17th century (‘reducing often to my memory the conceit of that Roman stoic’, Sir Henry Wotton, Elements of Architecture 1624). The sense ‘lessen, diminish’ seems to be the result of a semantic progression from ‘bring back to a particular condition’ via ‘bring back to order’ and ‘bring to subjection’.
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=> duct, duke, educate, introduce, produce, redoubt
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reduce (v.)
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late 14c., "bring back," from Old French reducer (14c.), from Latin reducere "lead back, bring back," figuratively "restore, replace," from re- "back" (see re-) + ducere "bring, lead" (see duke (n.)). Meaning "bring to an inferior condition" is 1570s; that of "bring to a lower rank" is 1640s (military reduce to ranks is from 1802); that of "subdue by force of arms" is 1610s. Sense of "to lower, diminish, lessen" is from 1787. Related: Reduced; reducing.
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双语例句：
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1. The job losses will reduce the total workforce to 7,000.
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职位减少后，在职工人总数将减至7,000人。
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来自柯林斯例句
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2. He finally corrected his misstatement and offered to reduce the fee.
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他终于纠正了自己的错误说法，提出要减少费用。
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来自柯林斯例句
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3. The plan is designed to reduce some of the company's mountainous debt.
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该计划旨在减少公司堆积如山的债务。
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来自柯林斯例句
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4. The agency should reduce turnaround time by 11 per cent.
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该代理机构应削减11%的周转时间。
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来自柯林斯例句
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5. They believed that controlling the money supply would reduce inflation.
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他们相信控制货币供应量会减少通货膨胀。
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来自柯林斯例句
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更多相关例句：
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Reduce speed now (= on a sign) .
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减速行驶。【牛津词典】
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Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.
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过去一年，各项费用已经减少了20%。【牛津词典】
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Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease.
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戒烟会减少得心脏病的风险。【牛津词典】
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The number of employees was reduced from 40 to 25.
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雇员人数从40人减少到了25人。【牛津词典】
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The skirt was reduced to £10 in the sale.
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在大减价期间，这条裙子减价到10英镑。【牛津词典】
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a reducing plan
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节食计划【牛津词典】
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a beautiful building reduced to rubble
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已化为残垣断壁的漂亮建筑【牛津词典】
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She was reduced to tears by their criticisms.
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他们的批评使她流下了眼泪。【牛津词典】
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They were reduced to begging in the streets.
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他们沦落到沿街乞讨。【牛津词典】
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We can reduce the problem to two main issues.
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我们可以将这个问题概括成两个要点。【牛津词典】
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It reduces the risks of heart disease...
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这降低了患心脏病的风险。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent...
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消费下降了25个百分点。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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They were reduced to extreme poverty...
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他们陷入极端贫困的状态。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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They wanted the army reduced to a police force.
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他们想把这支队伍降级为一支警察部队。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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He was reduced to begging for a living.
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他不得不以乞讨为生。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble...
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城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Politics has been reduced to class struggle.
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政治变成了阶级斗争。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half...
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用小炖锅炖，收一半汤汁。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Simmer until mixture reduces.
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用小火煮到汤汁收浓。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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They are the descendants of emperors and kings and are now living in reduced circumstances.
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他们是帝王的后代，但是现在境况大不如前了。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Her challenge reduced them to silence.
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她的质问让他们哑口无言。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.
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媒体的关注把她弄哭了。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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I felt instinctively negative toward Stevenson.
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我对史蒂文森却本能地有反感.【辞典例句】
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We must carry on the patriotic public health campaign with a great fanfare, reduce disease and improve health conditions.
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要大张旗鼓地开展爱国卫生运动, 减少疾病,提高健康水平.【《现代汉英综合大词典》】
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The government must make new policies to reduce unemployment.
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政府必须制定减少失业的新政策.【《简明英汉词典》】
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The government will look into how to reduce unemployment.
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政府将研究如何降低失业率.【《简明英汉词典》】
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The drug can reduce the frequency and severity of attacks.
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这种药能降低发病次数和严重程度.【《简明英汉词典》】
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They think, ‘Well, if I gradually reduce, it's like practice,' says Lindson-Hawley.【出自-2017年6月阅读原文】
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They choose purpose over happiness—having a clear sense of purpose even reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease.【出自-2017年6月阅读原文】
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In the last year alone, despite an increase in the UK population and a subsequent rise in the number of households, sales of toilet paper fell by 2%, with the average household reducing their toilet roll spending from £43 in 2014 to £41 in 2015.【出自-2017年6月阅读原文】
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It will not necessarily reduce road accidents.【出自-2016年6月阅读原文】
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College graduates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education: 59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school diploma or lessWhere a person lives matters, toIt will not necessarily reduce road accidents.【出自-2016年6月阅读原文】
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They reduce production drastically to boost oil prices.【出自-2016年12月阅读原文】
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There is no effective way to reduce people's sugar consumption.【出自-2016年12月阅读原文】
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Reducing food intake is not that difficult if people go to McDonald's more.【出自-2016年12月阅读原文】
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Many of the reductions over the past 30 years have been achieved either by reducing the amount of sugar, salt or fat in a product, or by finding an alternative ingredient.【出自-2016年12月阅读原文】
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It may be a pleasant way for kids to reduce their food intake.【出自-2016年12月阅读原文】
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For example, having salt on the outside, but none on the inside, reduces the salt content without changing the taste.【出自-2016年12月阅读原文】
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When Jonathan Swift proposed, in 1729, that the people of Ireland eat their children, he insisted it would solve three problems at once: feed the hungry masses, reduce the population during a severe depression, and stimulate the restaurant business.【出自-2015年12月阅读原文】
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There have been half-hearted but well-publicized efforts by some food companies to reduce calories in their processed foods, but the Standard American Diet is still the polar opposite of the healthy, mostly plant-based diet that just about every expert says we should be eating.【出自-2015年12月阅读原文】
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Should a woman who possessed a small amount of drugs years ago be permanently unable to be licensed as a nurse?These laws are also counterproductive, since they make it harder for people with criminal records to find housing or land a job, two key factors that reduce backsliding.【出自-2015年12月阅读原文】
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Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates' job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs.【出自-2014年6月阅读原文】
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Printing with moveable type on paper dramatically reduced the cost of producing a book compared with the old-fashioned ones handwritten on vellum, which comes from sheepskin.【出自-2014年6月阅读原文】
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But technology has reduced transaction costs, making sharing assets cheaper and easier than ever—and therefore possible on a much larger scale.【出自-2013年12月阅读原文】
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These make alcohol less easy to get and reduce the number of psychological cues to drink.【出自-2013年6月阅读原文】
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optimistic about Obama's effort to reduce CO2 emissions【出自-2013年6月阅读原文】
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What we are suggesting is that a population-wide effort to reduce salt intake, even slightly, will have health benefits.【出自-2013年6月阅读原文】
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reduced his revenues to a quarter of normal years【出自-2013年6月阅读原文】
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For example, but for the savings and loan debacle, there might be funds available to reduce the national debt and pay for education.【出自-2011年12月阅读原文】
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Annan stressed the need for the negotiations to focus on increasing the flow of money from rich to poor regions to help reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards while still curbing the emissions of the heat-trapping gases.【出自-2011年6月阅读原文】
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How rich countries can better help poor regions reduce climate hazards【出自-2011年6月阅读原文】
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How human and economic losses from climate change can be reduced.【出自-2011年6月阅读原文】
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How emissions of heat-trapping gases can be reduced on a global scale【出自-2011年6月阅读原文】
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Dr William Bird, researcher from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, states in his study, "A natural environment can reduce violent behaviour because its restorative process helps reduce anger and impulsive behaviour.【出自-2010年12月阅读原文】
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Even problems with crime and aggressive behaviour are reduced when there is contact with the natural world.【出自-2010年12月阅读原文】
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Getting a divorce means risking a reduced life span【出自-2010年12月阅读原文】
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And it would take an average of 65 years for the reduced carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources lost by destroying an old one.【出自-2010年6月阅读原文】
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"They think, 'Well, if I gradually reduce, it's like practice,'" says Lindson-Hawley.【2017年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C】
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A dry mouth may reduce taste sensitivity, but taste is restored by drinking fluids.【2019年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A】
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According to the same study, efforts to reduce consumption should focus on improving consumer awareness and behaviour.】
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