reduces

英 [rɪˈdjuːsɪz]

美 [rɪˈduːsɪz]

v.  减少，缩小(尺寸、数量、价格等); (使)蒸发; 减轻体重; 节食
reduce的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 减少；减小；减轻
  If youreducesomething, you make it smaller in size or amount, or less in degree.
  1. It reduces the risks of heart disease...
     这降低了患心脏病的风险。
  2. Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent...
     消费下降了25个百分点。
  3. The reduced consumer demand is also affecting company profits.
     消费需求的降低也影响到了公司的利润。
• VERB 使沦为，使陷入（不好的境地）
  If someoneis reduced toa weaker or inferior state, they become weaker or inferior as a result of something that happens to them.
  1. They were reduced to extreme poverty...
     他们陷入极端贫困的状态。
  2. They wanted the army reduced to a police force.
     他们想把这支队伍降级为一支警察部队。
• VERB 迫使;使不得不（做）；使只得
  If you say that someoneis reduced todoing something, you mean that they have to do it, although it is unpleasant or embarrassing.
  1. He was reduced to begging for a living.
     他不得不以乞讨为生。
• VERB 使变成;使简化为
  If something is changed to a different or less complicated form, you can say that itis reduced tothat form.
  1. All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble...
     城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。
  2. Politics has been reduced to class struggle.
     政治变成了阶级斗争。
• V-ERG （烹调中）使变浓稠，收汁
  If youreduceliquid when you are cooking, or if itreduces, it is boiled in order to make it less in quantity and thicker.
  1. Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half...
     用小炖锅炖，收一半汤汁。
  2. Simmer until mixture reduces.
     用小火煮到汤汁收浓。
• PHRASE 境况变差;生活拮据
  If you say that someone is livingin reduced circumstances, you mean that they do not have as much money as they used to have.
  1. They are the descendants of emperors and kings and are now living in reduced circumstances.
     他们是帝王的后代，但是现在境况大不如前了。
• PHRASE 使…无言
  If someone or somethingreducesyouto silence, they make you feel so upset or confused that you cannot speak.
  1. Her challenge reduced them to silence.
     她的质问让他们哑口无言。
• PHRASE 使…落泪
  If someone or somethingreducesyouto tears, they make you feel so unhappy that you cry.
  1. The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.
     媒体的关注把她弄哭了。

双语例句

• A more telling criticism is that he reduces ethics to interpersonal relationships.
  一个更有力的批评是他把道德规范简化为人际关系。
• Simmer until mixture reduces.
  用小火煮到汤汁收浓。
• It practically eliminates planned downtime and reduces the number of DBAs needed.
  它几乎消除了计划中停机，减少了DBA需求数。
• This reduces the disk I/ O and significantly improves the performance and throughput.
  这会减少磁盘I/O并显著提升性能和吞吐量。
• This eliminates the need for a blocking filter, which reduces cost and complexity.
  这消除了对阻塞过滤器，从而降低了成本和复杂性的需要。
• Using this framework drastically reduces development time, maintenance, and execution time for these test scripts.
  使用这个框架大大减少了这些测试脚本的开发时间、维护工作和执行时间。
• This considerably reduces the debugging time and complexity.
  这样大大减少了调试时间和复杂性。
• It reduces the amount of coding required to interface systems and middleware.
  它减少了定义系统和中间件的接口所需的编码量。
• This increases productivity and reduces errors.
  这一功能提高了生产率并且减少了错误的发生。
• Second, doing this type of work reduces you to a monkey, and although some of your work may be like this to pay the bills, why purposely pursue it?
  其次，做这类工作会把你降格成一只猴子，虽然有时为了支付账单你会偶尔做一些这样的工作，但是为什么要刻意追求它？