reduce

美音：[rɪ'dus] 英音：[rɪ'djuːs]

简单释义：

v.减少；（使）蒸发；减轻体重；节食

网络减量；降低；简化

变形：

过去分词：reduced 现在分词：reducing 第三人称单数：reduces

完整释义：

1.减少,减轻,节减;缩短,缩小;降低,贬低;使没落,使落魄
2.使降服,征服,克服;攻陷(城市等)
3.使衰弱,使退化
4.使适合,使适应,使一致
5.使变为,使成为,迫使,使不得不
6.把…归类[分类,整理]
7.体重减轻;【生物学】减数分裂
8.【数学】简化,约简;化为;缩减;折合
9.【医学】使(脱臼等)复位,使复原
10.【化学】还原;【冶金】提炼,精炼;从(原油)中蒸去轻质油

例句：

The ports around the U. S. are also trying to reduce emissions in cargo handling equipment and trucks.
美国东西两岸的港口，也在努力减低货运设备以及卡车的废气排放。
So we are working hard to reduce class sizes, he said. We are happy to see that the percentage of large classes is falling.
所以我们正努力减少班级人数，他说，我们很高兴看到大班的比例正在下降。
As a result, he said, the United States changed its strategy, sending more troops to help secure Baghdad and reduce sectarian violence.
他说，所以美国改变了在伊拉克的战略，将更多的部队派往伊拉克帮助其减少族群之间的暴力冲突。
"In the past, we didn't make it a priority to protect old buildings, or to reduce energy consumption and waste, " he says.
通过政府的支持，他认为能做到。“过去，我们没有去优先保护老建筑，或者如何减少能耗和浪费。”
We're in rough agreement on how much spending we need to cut to reduce our deficit.
我们在削减多少支出以降低赤字上已经达成初步一致。
Many technologies are already available that can reduce energy use and our emissions, but take-up of these technologies is often very low.
许多具备了可以降低能源消耗和排放的技术已经存在。但是这些技术的应用率通常都很低。
For the mitigation side of the equation [trying to reduce climate change] the science has largely been done in developed countries.
对于[试图减少气候变化的]这个方程的缓解气候变化的一面，很大一部分科学研究是在发达国家进行的。
The company's goal was to develop new products that would reduce its nearly total reliance on selling ads connected to Internet searches.
谷歌的目的是开发新产品，以改变公司几乎完全依赖互联网搜索广告销售的局面。

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