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R0107400 (rĭ-do͞os′, -dyo͞os′)v. re·duced, re·duc·ing, re·duc·es v.tr.1. To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish. See Synonyms at decrease.2. To bring to a humbler, weaker, difficult, or forced state or condition; especially:a. To gain control of; subject or conquer: "a design to reduce them under absolute despotism" (Declaration of Independence).b. To subject to destruction: Enemy bombers reduced the city to rubble.c. To bring to a specified undesirable state, as of weakness or helplessness: disease that reduced the patient to emaciation; teasing that reduced the child to tears.d. To compel to desperate acts: The Depression reduced many to begging on street corners.e. To lower in rank or grade; demote.3. To thicken or intensify the flavor of (a sauce, for example) by slow boiling.4. To lower the price of: The store has drastically reduced winter coats.5. To decrease the viscosity of (paint, for example), as by adding a solvent.6. To put in a simpler or more systematic form; simplify or codify: reduced her ideas to a collection of maxims.7. To turn into powder; pulverize.8. Chemistry a. To decrease the valence of (an atom) by adding electrons.b. To remove oxygen from (a compound).c. To add hydrogen to (a compound).d. To change to a metallic state by removing nonmetallic constituents; smelt.9. Mathematics To simplify the form of (an expression, such as a fraction) without changing the value.10. Medicine To restore (a fractured or displaced body part) to a normal condition or position.11. Linguistics To pronounce (a stressed vowel) as the unstressed version of that vowel or as schwa.v.intr.1. To become diminished.2. To lose weight, as by dieting.3. Biology To undergo meiosis.

[Middle English reducen, to bring back, from Old French reducier, from Latin redūcere : re-, re- + dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]

re·duc′er n.re·duc′i·bil′i·ty n.re·duc′i·ble adj.re·duc′i·bly adv.

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(rɪˈdjuːs) vb (mainly tr) 1. (also intr) to make or become smaller in size, number, extent, degree, intensity, etc2. to bring into a certain state, condition, etc: to reduce a forest to ashes; to reduce someone to despair. 3. (also intr) to make or become slimmer; lose or cause to lose excess weight4. to impoverish (esp in the phrase in reduced circumstances)5. to bring into a state of submission to one's authority; subjugate: the whole country was reduced after three months. 6. (Commerce) to bring down the price of (a commodity): the shirt was reduced in the sale. 7. to lower the rank or status of; demote: he was reduced from corporal to private; reduced to the ranks. 8. to set out systematically as an aid to understanding; simplify: his theories have been reduced in a popular treatise. 9. (Mathematics) maths to modify or simplify the form of (an expression or equation), esp by substitution of one term by another10. (Cookery) cookery to make (a sauce, stock, etc) more concentrated by boiling away some of the water in it11. to thin out (paint) by adding oil, turpentine, etc; dilute12. (Chemistry) (also intr) chem a. to undergo or cause to undergo a chemical reaction with hydrogen or formation of a hydrideb. to lose or cause to lose oxygen atomsc. to undergo or cause to undergo an increase in the number of electrons. Compare oxidize13. (Photography) photog to lessen the density of (a negative or print) by converting some of the blackened silver in the emulsion to soluble silver compounds by an oxidation process using a photographic reducer14. (Surgery) surgery to manipulate or reposition (a broken or displaced bone, organ, or part) back to its normal site15. (Biology) (also intr) biology to undergo or cause to undergo meiosis[C14: from Latin redūcere to bring back, from re- + dūcere to lead] reˈducible adj reˌduciˈbility, reˈducibleness n reˈducibly adv

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v. -duced, -duc•ing. v.t. 1. to bring down to a smaller size, amount, price, etc. 2. to lower in degree, intensity, etc. 3. to demote to a lower rank 4. to treat analytically, as a complex idea. 5. to act destructively upon (a substance or object): a house reduced to ashes. 6. to bring to a certain state: to reduce someone to tears. 7. to evaporate water from, as a sauce, by boiling. 8. to change the denomination or form, but not the value, of (a fraction, polynomial, etc.). 9. a. to deoxidize. b. to add hydrogen to. c. to decrease the positive charge on (an ion) by adding electrons. 10. to convert (ore minerals) to a metallic state by driving off nonmetallic elements; smelt. 11. to thin or dilute: to reduce paint with turpentine. 12. to restore to the normal place, relation, or condition, as a fractured bone. 13. to pronounce (a vowel) as (ə) or another unstressed, centralized vowel. v.i. 14. to become reduced. 15. to lose weight, as by dieting. 16. to be equal to or turned into something. 17. to undergo meiosis. or authority.[1325–75; to lead back < Latin redūcere to lead back, bring back =re- re- + dūcere to lead]re•duc′er, n. re•duc•i•ble, adj. re•duc`i•bil′i•ty, n. re•duc′i•bly, adv.

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diminish - A blend of diminue, "speak disparagingly," and minish, "reduce in amount, degree, influence, power."
formulate - Can mean "reduce to a formula."
moderate - Etymologically, it means "keep within due measure," and is derived from Latin moderari or moderare, "control, reduce."
minimize - Means to reduce to an absolute minimum—not to play down or soften.

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Past participle: reduced
Gerund: reducing

Imperative
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Present
I reduce
you reduce
he/she/it reduces
we reduce
you reduce
they reduce

Preterite
I reduced
you reduced
he/she/it reduced
we reduced
you reduced
they reduced

Present Continuous
I am reducing
you are reducing
he/she/it is reducing
we are reducing
you are reducing
they are reducing

Present Perfect
I have reduced
you have reduced
he/she/it has reduced
we have reduced
you have reduced
they have reduced

Past Continuous
I was reducing
you were reducing
he/she/it was reducing
we were reducing
you were reducing
they were reducing

Past Perfect
I had reduced
you had reduced
he/she/it had reduced
we had reduced
you had reduced
they had reduced

Future
I will reduce
you will reduce
he/she/it will reduce
we will reduce
you will reduce
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Future Perfect
I will have reduced
you will have reduced
he/she/it will have reduced
we will have reduced
you will have reduced
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Future Continuous
I will be reducing
you will be reducing
he/she/it will be reducing
we will be reducing
you will be reducing
they will be reducing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been reducing
you have been reducing
he/she/it has been reducing
we have been reducing
you have been reducing
they have been reducing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been reducing
you will have been reducing
he/she/it will have been reducing
we will have been reducing
you will have been reducing
they will have been reducing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been reducing
you had been reducing
he/she/it had been reducing
we had been reducing
you had been reducing
they had been reducing

Conditional
I would reduce
you would reduce
he/she/it would reduce
we would reduce
you would reduce
they would reduce

Past Conditional
I would have reduced
you would have reduced
he/she/it would have reduced
we would have reduced
you would have reduced
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reduce

To concentrate a liquid by boiling it without a cover, causing water to evaporate.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	reduce - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"cut down, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring downshorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"spill - reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)quench - reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substancecut - have a reducing effect; "This cuts into my earnings"retrench - make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench"slash - cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants"thin - make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"detract, take away - take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"deflate - reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency"inflate - increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency"downsize - reduce in size or number; "the company downsized its research staff"subtract - take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"knock off, shave - cut the price of
	2.	reduce - make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"abbreviate - shorten; "Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"simplify - make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent; "We had to simplify the instructions"; "this move will simplify our lives"
	3.	reduce - bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery"demote, kick downstairs, relegate, bump, break - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
	4.	reduce - simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for anothermath, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangementinterchange, substitute, replace, exchange - put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
	5.	reduce - lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant"demean, disgrace, degrade, take down, put down - reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
	6.	reduce - be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"boil down, come downbecome, turn - undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"
	7.	reduce - reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"shrinkscale down, reduce - make smaller; "reduce an image"reef - reduce (a sail) by taking in a reefminiaturise, miniaturize - design or construct on a smaller scaleminify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"depopulate, desolate - reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"downsize - make in a smaller size; "the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive"contract - make smaller; "The heat contracted the woollen garment"
	8.	reduce - lessen and make more modest; "reduce one's standard of living"impoverish - make poor
	9.	reduce - make smaller; "reduce an image"scale downshrink, reduce - reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"blow up, enlarge, magnify - make large; "blow up an image"
	10.	reduce - to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electronsdeoxidise, deoxidizechemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactionschange - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"benficiate - subject to a reduction process; "benficiate ores"pole - deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
	11.	reduce - narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"tightenconfine, limit, throttle, trammel, restrain, restrict, bound - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
	12.	reduce - put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"quash, repress, subdue, subjugate, keep downcrush, oppress, suppress - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
	13.	reduce - undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce"divide, part, separate - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
	14.	reduce - reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal sitereposition - place into another position
	15.	reduce - destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing itlinguistics - the scientific study of languagede-emphasise, de-emphasize, destress - reduce the emphasisobscure - reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa
	16.	reduce - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, cutbowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, castrate, shorten - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"edit out, edit, cut - cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"condense, concentrate, digest - make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
	17.	reduce - be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"boil down, decoct, concentratecookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
	18.	reduce - cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"boil down, concentratecookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
	19.	reduce - lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"dilute, thin, thin out, cutweaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"water down - make less strong or intense; "water down the mixture"
	20.	reduce - take off weight lose weight, melt off, slim, slim down, slenderize, thinsweat off - lose weight by sweating; "I sweated off 3 pounds in the sauna"change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"gain, put on - increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"

reduce

verb1. lessen, cut, contract, lower, depress, moderate, weaken, diminish, turn down, decrease, slow down, cut down, shorten, dilute, impair, curtail, wind down, abate, tone down, debase, truncate, abridge, downsize Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent.
lessen increase, extend, enhance, heighten, enlarge, augment2. degrade, downgrade, demote, lower in rank, break, humble, humiliate, bring low, take down a peg (informal), lower the status of They wanted the army reduced to a police force.
degrade promote, enhance, elevate, exalt3. drive, force, bring, bring to the point of He was reduced to begging for a living.4. thicken, set, gel, clot, condense, congeal, jell, coagulate Simmer until mixture reduces.5. cheapen, cut, lower, discount, slash, knock down, mark down, make cheaper, bring down the price of Companies should reduce prices today.in reduced circumstances impoverished, penniless, destitute, poverty-stricken, broke (informal), short, poor, ruined, bust (informal), in need, bankrupt, needy, badly off, on the rocks, hard up (informal), down and out, skint (Brit. slang), in want, indigent, down at heel, impecunious, dirt-poor (informal), on the breadline, flat broke (informal), penurious, on your uppers, stony-broke (Brit. slang), necessitous, in queer street, pauperized, without two pennies to rub together (informal), on your beam-ends living in reduced circumstances

reduce

verb1. To grow or cause to grow gradually less:abate, decrease, diminish, drain, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, peter (out), rebate, tail away (or off), taper (off).2. To make short or shorter the duration or extent of:abbreviate, abridge, condense, curtail, shorten.3. To lower in rank or grade:break, bump, degrade, demote, downgrade.Slang: bust.4. To become or make less in price or value:cheapen, depreciate, depress, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, lower, mark down, write down.5. To lose body weight, as by dieting:slim (down), trim down.

Translations

减少减肥使陷入某种特殊状态减小

reduce

(rəˈdjuːs) verb1. to make less, smaller etc. The shop reduced its prices; The train reduced speed. 减少，减小 2. to lose weight by dieting. I must reduce to get into that dress.减肥3. to drive, or put, into a particular (bad) state. The bombs reduced the city to ruins; She was so angry, she was almost reduced to tears; During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves. 使陷入处于（某种特殊状态） reˈducible adjective可减小的reˈduction (-ˈdak-) nounThe government promised a reduction in prices later; price reductions.减小

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reduce (something) to rubble

To completely destroy something, either literally or figuratively. The tornado reduced whole towns to rubble. Being rejected by that famous director totally reduced my confidence to rubble.See also: reduce

in reduced circumstances

At a much lower level of income or financial means. The one-time business tycoon has now been living in reduced circumstances in a small village in Norway.See also: circumstance, reduce

reduce (one) to (something)

To bring one to a lesser or worse state than they are typically in. Poverty reduced him to homelessness for a brief period of time.See also: reduce

reduce (one) to tears

To cause one to cry. I know it's embarrassing, but sappy movies like that always reduce me to tears.See also: reduce, tear

reduced circumstances

A much lower level of income or financial means than one is used to. The one-time business tycoon has now been living in reduced circumstances in a small village in Norway. Our reduced circumstances have meant moving into a much smaller house in a rougher part of town.See also: circumstance, reduce

reduce (something) by (something)

To make something smaller, weaker, narrower, etc., by some amount, degree, or margin. The government has reduced our budget by nearly 25%. Even reducing the temperature on the thermostat by a few degrees could save you hundreds on your energy bill each month.See also: by, reduce

reduce from (something) to (something)

1. To lower something from some amount, degree, or margin to a lower one. A noun or pronoun is used between "reduce" and "from." Often used in passive constructions. We were forced to reduce our staff from 100 people to just 25 in order to stay afloat. Wow, this computer has been reduced from $1200 to just $600!2. To diminish or weaken someone or something from some degree or position of power, strength, or effectiveness to a lower one. A noun or pronoun is used between "reduce" and "from." Often used in passive constructions. The government has reduced our agency from an effective industry regulator to a pencil-pushing façade. The film's emotional ending reduced him from a stoic, unflinching tough guy to a sobbing, blubbering mess. Seeing her after so many years reduced me from the elegant, sophisticated woman I'd spent so long perfecting to the same dopey schoolgirl I used to be.See also: reduce

reduce (one) to silence

To cause one to become silent, especially after being noisy or outspoken. The loud bang reduced the entire classroom to silence. I've had my vocal critics over the years, but I have faith that my next project will reduce them all to silence.See also: reduce, silence

reduce (one) to (doing something)

To cause, force, or bring one to perform some humble, unbefitting, or undignified action or behavior. Often used in passive constructions. I can't believe I was reduced to begging for my job when they threatened to fire me. Those idiotic lawmen will never reduce me to pleading for my life.See also: reduce

in reduced circumstances

Euph. in poverty. After Frederick lost his position, we lived in reduced circumstances while waiting for my inheritance.See also: circumstance, reduce

reduce someone to silence

to cause someone to be silent. The rebuke reduced him to silence—at last. Mary was reduced to silence by Jane's comments.See also: reduce, silence

reduce someone to tears

to cause a person to cry through insults, frustration, and belittling. He scolded her so much that she was reduced to tears by the end of the meeting.See also: reduce, tear

reduce something by something

to diminish something by a certain amount. I have to reduce your allowance by two dollars per week until you pay me back for the broken window. I will reduce the bill by a few dollars.See also: by, reduce

reduce (something) from (something to something)

to diminish something from one degree to a lower degree. I will reduce the fine from two hundred dollars to one hundred dollars. Mary reduced her demands from a large sum to a smaller one.See also: reduce

reduced to doing something

brought into a certain humble condition or state. The poor man was reduced to begging for food.See also: reduce

in reduced circumstances

used euphemistically to refer to the state of being poor after being relatively wealthy.See also: circumstance, reduce

reˌduced ˈcircumstances

the state of being poorer than you were before. People say ‘living in reduced circumstances’ to avoid saying ‘poor’: As time passed, his reduced circumstances became more and more obvious to his friends and colleagues.See also: circumstance, reduce

reduce to

v.1. To decrease something to some level: The drought reduced the stream to a trickle.2. To bring someone to some humbler, weaker, difficult, or forced state or condition: The illness had reduced them almost to emaciation. The sight of her mother reduced her to tears. The army reduced him from a command post to a desk job.3. To bring someone to such a humble, weak, or desperate state or condition that he or she does something drastic: The Depression reduced many to begging on the street.4. To damage or destroy something, leaving it in some lesser state: The blaze reduced the warehouse to ashes.5. To make something shorter and simpler; summarize something: Their entire business philosophy can be reduced to "The customer is always right."See also: reduce

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verb to become or make less in price or value

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verb to lose body weight, as by dieting

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verb make less complex

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verb bring to humbler or weaker state or condition

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verb simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another

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verb lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation

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