reduce

【发音】

美 /rɪ'dʊs/ 英 /rɪ'djuːs/

【翻译】

1. v.减少

   英释:to make something smaller or less in size, amount, or price

【短语】

1. reduce pollution : 降低污染

2. reduce weight : 整形美容减肥

3. reduce waste : 减少浪费

4. reduce by : 减少了

【例句】

1. The governor announced a new plan to reduce crime.

   州长宣布了一项降低犯罪率的新计划。

2. The helmet law should reduce injuries in motorcycle accidents.

   头盔法的实施应该能减少摩托车事故的受伤率。

3. Small businesses will need to reduce costs in order to survive.

   小企业要想生存必须削减成本。

【真题例句】

1. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...These make alcoholless easy to get and reduce the number of psychological cues to drink...

2. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...The good news is that a combination of sunscreen and covering up can reduce melanoma rates...

3. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...two key factors that reduce backsliding...

4. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...There have been haft－hearted but well-publicized efforts by some food companies to reduce calories in their processed foods...

5. (2015.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...reduce the population during a severedepression...

6. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates' job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs...

7. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...the technology　has helped reduce medical error by providing instant access to patient data or prescription details...

8. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...These make alcohol less easy to get and reduce the number of psychological cues to drink...

9. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...What we are suggesting is that a population-wide effort to reduce salt intake...

10. (2012.6 • CET4 • • 写作题)...Only in this way can we reduce unnecessary waste and have a rational and pure shopping condition...

11. (2011.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...Annan stressed the need for the negotiations to focus on increasing the flow of money from rich to poor regions to help reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards...

12. (2011.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...there might be funds available to reduce the national debt and pay for education...

13. (2010.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...A natural environment can reduce violent behaviour because its restorative process helps reduce anger and impulsive behaviour...

14. (2009.12 • CET4 • • 写作题)...it calls for people’s awareness of the serious pollution around us and actual action to reduce the waste...

15. (2009.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...says many of his schools would like to reduce their merit aid but fear that in doing so...

【同、近义词】

1. vt.减少；降低；使处于；把…分解

   shorten/weaken/

2. vi.减少；缩小；归纳为

   to cut down/fall off/

【同根词】

1. adj

   reduced : 减少的；[数] 简化的；缩减的

   reductive : 还原的；减少的

   reducible : [数] 可约的，可化简的；可还原的；可缩小的

2. n

   reduction : 减少；下降；缩小

   reducer : [助剂] 还原剂；减径管

   reducing : 减低；减轻体重法，减肥法

   reductive : [助剂] 还原剂

3. v

   reducing : 减少（reduce的ing形式）