verb🔗Share减少, 降低 To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower."to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc."减少体重、速度、热量、费用、价格、人员等等.amountvaluebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share减肥，瘦身。 To lose weight."After exercising regularly and eating healthy, she reduced considerably. "通过规律锻炼和健康饮食，她瘦身效果显著。bodymedicinephysiologyappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share降级，贬职 To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote."Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced."希斯特·白兰发现牧师沦落到如此境地，感到十分震惊。jobbusinessorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share征服，降伏，制服 To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture."to reduce a province or a fort"征服一个省份或堡垒。actionwarmilitarygovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share降低，减少，贬低 To bring to an inferior state or condition."to reduce a city to ashes"把一座城市化为灰烬conditionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share浓缩，收汁 To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off."The chef reduced the sauce until it was thick and flavorful. "厨师把酱汁浓缩，直到变得浓稠入味。foodutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share还原， 还原反应。 To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen."The iron in the rust remover was reduced back to pure iron by the chemical process. "除锈剂中的铁在化学反应中被还原回了纯铁。chemistrybiochemistryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share冶炼， 熔炼 To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter."The smelter reduced the iron ore to pure iron, removing the impurities. "冶炼厂把铁矿石熔炼成纯铁，去除了杂质。materialchemistryindustryelementprocesstechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share简化, 约简 To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value."The math teacher reduced the complicated fraction to its simplest form, making it easier to solve. "数学老师把那个复杂的(分数) 约简 成了最简形式，这样就更容易解题了。mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share简化，归约. To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm."The programmer reduced the complex database search to a sorting problem, which had already been solved with a fast algorithm. "程序员把复杂的数据库搜索归约成了一个排序问题，而排序问题已经有快速算法解决了。computingmathtechnologysciencetechnicallogicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share简化，精简 To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form"The teacher reduced the complex philosophical syllogism to a simple "If A, then B" statement so the students could understand the basic logic. "老师把复杂的哲学三段论简化成了一个简单的 “如果A，那么B” 的陈述，这样学生们就能理解基本的逻辑了。logiclanguagephilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share形诸文字，书面化. To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)"It is important that all business contracts be reduced to writing."所有商业合同都应该形诸文字，这一点非常重要。writinglanguagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share复位，使复位. To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment."The doctor successfully reduced the patient's dislocated shoulder. "医生成功地为病人复位了脱臼的肩膀。medicineanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share减少，缩减 To reform a line or column from (a square)."The drill sergeant reduced the marching formation from a square to a single line for easier movement through the narrow passage. "为了更容易通过狭窄的通道，训练士官把正方形的行军队形缩减成了一列纵队。mathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share裁员，减员。 To strike off the payroll."Due to budget cuts, the company reduced several employees last month. "由于预算削减，公司上个月裁减了好几名员工。businesseconomyjobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share废除，撤销 To annul by legal means."The judge reduced the speeding ticket to a parking violation because the radar gun was faulty. "由于雷达枪存在故障，法官将超速罚单撤销，改判为违章停车。lawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share简化，缩减 To translate (a book, document, etc.)."a book reduced into English"一本被简化成英文的书。languageliteratureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share减少的，缩小的 Made smaller or less; having undergone reduction."the reduced prices in a summer sale"夏季促销的降价商品amountbusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share打折的，降价的 Discounted in price."the reduced goods at the sale"促销时的打折商品businesscommerceeconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share浓缩的，熬干的。 Of a sauce etc.: made more concentrated."The chicken was served in a reduced red wine sauce."这道鸡肉配的是浓缩红酒汁。foodtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
