re·duce

出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第1041页（676字）

【释义】：

vt．①缩减，减少，降低：reduce one’s expenses缩减费用．reduce rent and interest减租减息．reduce speed(pressure，costs，etc．)减低速度(压力、成本等)．reduce temperature降低温度．reduce the price降低价格．reduce the intensity of labour减低劳动强度．on a reduced scale小规模地．②改变(成另一形式)：reduce a statement to its simplest form把一声明改成最简单形式．reduce wood logs to pulp把木材化为纸浆．③使成为某种情况：reduce sb．to reason使某人服理．reduce sb．to silence使某人不再讲话．reduce sb．to submission使某人屈服．④使衰：He is reduced almost to a skeleton．他骨瘦如柴．⑤分类；【数】化简，约；【化】还原，分解：reduce the animals to classes将动物进行分类．reduce an equation to its simpliest form把一方程式化成最简单形式．reduce a compound to its components将化合物分解成各种成分．

－vi．【口语】衰弱，消瘦．