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单词 reduce
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Reduce
vverb.changecut down on; make a reduction in
Synset:bring down cut cut back cut down trim trim back trim down
Examples:
  • reduce your daily fat intake
  • The employer wants to cut back health benefits
Derivationally Related Form:reductivereductiontrimcutback
Hypernyms:decrease lessen minify
Inherited Hypernyms:reducedecreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:deflatedetractdownsizeinflateknock offquenchretrenchshaveshortenslashspillsubtracttake awaythinthin out
Full Troponyms:allowclipdeflatedisbuddiscountdownsizedrawforeshorteninflatemark downpollquenchrebateretrenchshaveshearshortenslashsnipspillsubtractsyncopatetailtake awaythinthin outtoptruncate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They will --- the duet (apply to: cut)
vverb.changemake less complex
Examples:
  • reduce a problem to a single question
Derivationally Related Form:reduciblereduction
Hypernyms:simplify
Inherited Hypernyms:reducesimplifychange
Direct Hyponyms:abbreviate
Full Troponyms:abbreviate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.socialbring to humbler or weaker state or condition
Examples:
  • He reduced the population to slavery
Hypernyms:break bump demote kick downstairs relegate
Inherited Hypernyms:reducedemotedelegateappoint
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE
vverb.possessionsimplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
Topic:mathmathematicsmaths
Derivationally Related Form:reducible
Hypernyms:exchange interchange replace substitute
Inherited Hypernyms:reducesubstitutechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.emotionlower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
Examples:
  • She reduced her niece to a servant
Hypernyms:degrade demean disgrace put down take down
Inherited Hypernyms:reducetake downhumiliatehurtarousemake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.changebe the essential element
Synset:boil down come down
Examples:
  • The proposal boils down to a compromise
Derivationally Related Form:reducible
Hypernyms:become turn
Inherited Hypernyms:reducebecometransformchange
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP
vverb.changereduce in size; reduce physically
Synset:shrink
Examples:
  • Hot water will shrink the sweater
  • Can you shrink this image?
Derivationally Related Form:shrinkingreductionshrinkage
Hypernyms:decrease lessen minify
Inherited Hypernyms:shrinkdecreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:contractdepopulatedesolatedownsizeminiaturiseminiaturizereducereefscale down
Causes:contract shrink
Full Troponyms:contractdepopulatedownsizeminiaturizepursereducereef
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.possessionlessen and make more modest
Examples:
  • reduce one's standard of living
Hypernyms:impoverish
Inherited Hypernyms:reduceimpoverishdeprivewithholddenykeephave
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.changemake smaller
Synset:scale down
Examples:
  • reduce an image
Antonyms:blow up
Derivationally Related Form:reduciblereduction
Hypernyms:reduce shrink
Inherited Hypernyms:reduceshrinkdecreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changeto remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
Topic:chemical sciencechemistry
Synset:deoxidise deoxidize
Antonyms:oxidizeoxidise
Derivationally Related Form:reductantreducingreducer
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:deoxidizechange
Direct Hyponyms:benficiatepole
Full Troponyms:benficiatepole
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changenarrow or limit
Synset:tighten
Examples:
  • reduce the influx of foreigners
Hypernyms:bound confine limit restrict throttle trammel
Inherited Hypernyms:reducerestrict
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.socialput down by force or intimidation
Synset:keep down quash repress subdue subjugate
Examples:
  • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
  • China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
  • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
Derivationally Related Form:repressiverepressionsubduer
Hypernyms:crush oppress suppress
Inherited Hypernyms:repressoppress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.contactundergo meiosis
Examples:
  • The cells reduce
Hypernyms:divide part separate
Inherited Hypernyms:reduceseparatechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.contactreposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
Hypernyms:reposition
Inherited Hypernyms:reducerepositionputmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changedestress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
Topic:linguistics
Hypernyms:de-emphasise de-emphasize destress
Inherited Hypernyms:reducede-emphasizechange
Direct Hyponyms:obscure
Full Troponyms:obscure
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changereduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Synset:abbreviate abridge contract cut foreshorten shorten
Examples:
  • The manuscript must be shortened
Antonyms:expand
Derivationally Related Form:abridgementshortenerabridgercontractionabbreviator
Hypernyms:decrease lessen minify
Inherited Hypernyms:abridgedecreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:bowdlerisebowdlerizecastrateconcentratecondensedigestexpurgateshorten
Full Troponyms:bowdlerizedigestencapsulatetelescope
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They won't --- the story (apply to: abridge)
vverb.changebe cooked until very little liquid is left
Topic:cookerycookingpreparation
Synset:boil down concentrate decoct
Examples:
  • The sauce should reduce to one cup
Derivationally Related Form:concentrateconcentration
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:boil downdecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changecook until very little liquid is left
Topic:cookerycookingpreparation
Synset:boil down concentrate
Examples:
  • The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
Derivationally Related Form:concentrateconcentration
Hypernyms:decrease lessen minify
Inherited Hypernyms:reducedecreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changelessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Synset:cut dilute thin thin out
Examples:
  • cut bourbon
Derivationally Related Form:thinnerthinningcuttingdilutiondilutant
Hypernyms:weaken
Inherited Hypernyms:diluteweakenchange
Direct Hyponyms:water down
Full Troponyms:water down
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something
vverb.bodytake off weight
Synset:melt off slenderize slim slim down thin
Antonyms:gain
Derivationally Related Form:reducing
Hypernyms:change state turn
Inherited Hypernyms:reducechange statechange
Direct Hyponyms:sweat off
Full Troponyms:sweat off
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s something (apply to: melt off)
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