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。
reduce supply volume, concentration, number of tablets, vials etc 减少供给量浓度颗粒数针剂数
reduced supply of hos flats 减少供应居屋单位事宜
Some people worry that strong demand may push up food prices and reduce supplies of corn for food aid or farm animals 有些人担心强烈的需求会带动食物价格上涨,并会减少用来制作食物的玉米供应以及农田里的动物。
This means that, while wheat prices may fall next year, crops such as cotton and corn might jump in value because of the reduced supplies 这意味着虽然小麦价格可能会在明年下降,但棉花、玉米等农作物的价格可能会由于供应减少而跃升。
The government has achieved these two seemingly contradictory outcomes-reducing supply and the level of price rises at the same time-by favouring overwhelmingly the construction of cheaper apartments, thus reducing average prices 通过大力支持中低价房建设,以降低平均房价,政府实现了两个看似矛盾的目标:在减少供给的同时,压低房价涨幅。