re.duce
v.(动词)
re.duced,re.duc.ing,re.duc.es
v.tr.(及物动词)
To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish.See Synonyms at decrease
缩减,减轻:减少,如在范围、数量上或程度上减少;降低参见 decrease
To bring to a humbler, weaker, difficult, or forced state or condition; especially:
使卑下,使薄弱:发展到一个更卑下、虚弱、困难或强迫的地位或状态,特别是:
To gain control of; conquer:
控制,征服:取得对……的控制权;征服:
例句:
.a design to reduce them under absolute despotism.(Declaration of Independence)
.一个使他们沦落到极其专制统治下的计划.(独立宣言)
To subject to destruction:
攻陷,毁坏:遭到毁坏:
例句:
Enemy bombers reduced the city to rubble.
敌人的轰炸机把城市夷为平地
To weaken bodily:
衰弱:身体变虚弱:
例句:
was reduced almost to emaciation.
衰弱到近乎憔悴
To sap the spirit or mental energy of.
精神耗损:侵蚀……的精神或精力
To compel to desperate acts:
迫使:被迫做孤注一掷的举动:
例句:
The Depression reduced many to begging on street corners.
大萧条使许多人沦落到街头乞讨
To lower in rank or grade; demote.See Synonyms at demote
降级:降低等级或衔位;降级参见 demote
To powder or pulverize.
磨成粉:捣碎或碾碎
To thin (paint) with a solvent.
稀释:用溶剂使(染料)变稀
To lower the price of:
降价:降低……的价格:
例句:
The store has drastically reduced winter coats.
商店对冬装大减价
To put in order or arrange systematically:
有系统地整理:按顺序或系统地安排或组织:
例句:
reduce a complex tax situation.
将复杂的税务系统化
To separate into orderly components by analysis.
分析:通过分析分离成有序的成份
Chemistry
【化学】
To decrease the valence of (an atom) by adding electrons.
降低原子价:通过加入电子来减少(原子的)电子价
To remove oxygen from (a compound).
去氧:把(化合物)中的氧分离出去
To add hydrogen to (a compound).
加氢:在(化合物)中加氢
To change to a metallic state by removing nonmetallic constituents; smelt.
冶炼,提炼:通过除去非金属成分而变成金属状态;熔炼
Mathematics To simplify the form of (an expression, such as a fraction) without changing the value.
【数学】 约分:在不改变值的情况下简化(表达式,如分数的)形式
Medicine To restore (a fractured or displaced body part) to a normal condition or position.
【医学】 使复原,使复位:使(身体骨折或脱臼的部分)恢复到正常的状态或位置
v.intr.(不及物动词)
To become diminished.
变少
To lose weight, as by dieting.
减轻体重:如通过节食来减轻体重
Biology To undergo meiosis.
【生物学】 减数分裂
来源:
Middle English reducen [to bring back]
中古英语 reducen [带回]
from Old French reducier
源自 古法语 reducier
from Latin redôcere
源自 拉丁语 redôcere
re- [re-]
re- [前缀,表.回应,后退.]
dôcere [to lead] * see deuk-
dôcere [引导] *参见 deuk-
【引伸】
reduc.er
n.(名词)
reduc.ibil.ity
n.(名词)
reduc.ible
adj.(形容词)
reduc.ibly
adv.(副词)