reduce vt. 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.使变为,使成为,迫使,使不得不。 5.把…归类[分类,整理]。 6.【数学】简化,约简;化为;缩减;折合。 7.【化学】还原;【冶金】提炼,精炼;从(原油)中蒸去轻质油。 8.【医学】使(脱臼等)复位,使复原。 9.使适合,使适应,使一致。 10.【火箭】整理(测量结果等);译解(代号等)。 11.【生物学】使(细胞)减数分裂。 12.【摄影】把(底片等)减薄,减低强度。 13.【语音】把(重读音)变为非重读音。 reduce production 减少生产。 a map on reduced scale 按比例缩小了的地图。 reduce wine to two-thirds by boiling 将葡萄酒煮沸浓缩成三分之二。 reduce the temperature 降低温度。 reduce prices 减低价格。 be reduced to a shadow 消瘦得像一个影子似的。 be in a very reduced state 非常衰弱。 be reduced to nothing [to a skeleton] 瘦成骨架子。 a reduced family 破落户。 reduce sb. to terror [tears] 使…恐怖[流泪]。 reduce to reason 使明理。 reduce the animals to classes 把动物分类。 reduce one's discourse into [to] writing 把谈话写成文章。 reduce a house to ashes 使房屋化为灰烬。 reduce a compound to its components 将化合物分解成各成分。 at a reduced price 廉价。 have the dislocation (shoulder) reduced 请人将脱臼(肩骨)复位。 in reduced circumstances 没落。 on a reduced scale 小规模地。 reduce a fraction 【数学】约分。 reduce an equation 【数学】解方程式。 reduce a rule to practice 使条文变成实践。 reduce oneself into 陷入…的地步。 reduce the establishment (公司,机关等)裁员。 reduce to an absurdity 使变成荒谬。 reduce to assert [asserting] an absurdity 使陷于不得不讲荒唐话的地步;使窘迫得语无伦次。 reduce to discipline 恢复秩序,平定,使归顺。 reduce to order [chaos] 使秩序井然[乱七八糟]。 reduce to powder 把…弄成碎粉。 reduce to subjection 征服。 reduce to the ranks 把…降为兵。 vi. 体重减轻;【生物学】减数分裂。 reducing agent 还原剂。 reducing division 【生物学】减数分裂。
In other words, nearly one in seven chinese nationals live in extremely reduced circumstances, earning less than us $ 1 per person daily 换句话说,每七个中国人中将仅有一人生活在极其简单的环境里,每天每人收入低于一美元。
True to her nature, she corresponded with mrs . vance as long as she still lived in seventy-eighth street, but when she was compelled to move into thirteenth, her fear that the latter would take it as an indication of reduced circumstances caused her to study some way of avoiding the necessity of giving her address 按她的性格,当她还住在七十八街时,倒是一直和万斯太太通信的。可是当她被迫搬进十三街以后,她害怕万斯太太会认为这意味着他们处境艰难,因而就想方设法不透露她的新住址。