reduce
动词
定义 reduce 动词
- B1TransitiveIntransitive
To make or become smaller in size, amount, degree, or importance.
The company is working to reduce its carbon emissions.
They successfully reduced production costs by ten percent.
He needs to reduce his daily caffeine intake to improve his health.
- TransitiveIntransitive
To make a liquid thicker and less in quantity by heating it; or for a liquid to become thicker and less in quantity through this process.
The chef reduced the sauce by simmering it over low heat.
Heat the wine until it has reduced to half of its original volume, to make a sauce.
Allow the broth to reduce until it thickens.
成语
- reduce, reuse, recycle
This phrase is used to motivate individuals to minimize waste and conserve the environment by reducing consumption and reusing items.
• The school promotes the concept of 'reduce, reuse, recycle' to enhance students' awareness of environmental protection.
片语动词 reduce
- reduce something to something
to cause something, particularly a substantial structure, to be demolished and turned into debris
• The fire reduced the entire building to rubble.
- reduce someone to something
to cause someone to feel demoralized or to be placed in an undesirable state or condition
• Losing his job reduced him to such despair that he almost broke down.