reducing

英 [rɪˈdjuːsɪŋ]

美 [rɪˈduːsɪŋ]

v.  减少，缩小(尺寸、数量、价格等); (使)蒸发; 减轻体重; 节食
reduce的现在分词

现在分词：reducing　

BNC.21492 / COCA.26019

柯林斯词典

• VERB 减少；减小；减轻
  If youreducesomething, you make it smaller in size or amount, or less in degree.
  1. It reduces the risks of heart disease...
     这降低了患心脏病的风险。
  2. Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent...
     消费下降了25个百分点。
  3. The reduced consumer demand is also affecting company profits.
     消费需求的降低也影响到了公司的利润。
• VERB 使沦为，使陷入（不好的境地）
  If someoneis reduced toa weaker or inferior state, they become weaker or inferior as a result of something that happens to them.
  1. They were reduced to extreme poverty...
     他们陷入极端贫困的状态。
  2. They wanted the army reduced to a police force.
     他们想把这支队伍降级为一支警察部队。
• VERB 迫使;使不得不（做）；使只得
  If you say that someoneis reduced todoing something, you mean that they have to do it, although it is unpleasant or embarrassing.
  1. He was reduced to begging for a living.
     他不得不以乞讨为生。
• VERB 使变成;使简化为
  If something is changed to a different or less complicated form, you can say that itis reduced tothat form.
  1. All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble...
     城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。
  2. Politics has been reduced to class struggle.
     政治变成了阶级斗争。
• V-ERG （烹调中）使变浓稠，收汁
  If youreduceliquid when you are cooking, or if itreduces, it is boiled in order to make it less in quantity and thicker.
  1. Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half...
     用小炖锅炖，收一半汤汁。
  2. Simmer until mixture reduces.
     用小火煮到汤汁收浓。
• PHRASE 境况变差;生活拮据
  If you say that someone is livingin reduced circumstances, you mean that they do not have as much money as they used to have.
  1. They are the descendants of emperors and kings and are now living in reduced circumstances.
     他们是帝王的后代，但是现在境况大不如前了。
• PHRASE 使…无言
  If someone or somethingreducesyouto silence, they make you feel so upset or confused that you cannot speak.
  1. Her challenge reduced them to silence.
     她的质问让他们哑口无言。
• PHRASE 使…落泪
  If someone or somethingreducesyouto tears, they make you feel so unhappy that you cry.
  1. The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.
     媒体的关注把她弄哭了。

英英释义

noun

• loss of excess weight (as by dieting)
  1. a doctor supervised her reducing
• any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen)
  Synonym:reduction

双语例句

• Together these can show whether a treatment is reducing a cancer's energy consumption, and thus its metabolism.
  两种技术一起运用，可以显示某种治疗方法是否降低了肿瘤的能量消耗，从而是否减缓了它的新陈代谢。
• Water companies should concentrate on reducing waste instead of building new reservoirs
  自来水公司应该集中精力减少水浪费，而不是修建新水库。
• The management decided to economize by cutting the dead wood from the workforce, thus reducing the wages bill.
  资方决定节省开支，裁减劳动力中的冗员，这样可以减少工资支出。
• She was very efficient in reducing waste.
  她在减少浪费方面很有办法。
• He is very keen to reach agreement with the US on reducing long-range nuclear missiles.
  他很想和美国达成协议，减少远程核导弹的数量。
• The absence of such policies here creates obvious advantages for companies, reducing costs and increasing production.
  此类政策的缺失，给企业带来了显而易见的优势：降低了成本，提高了产量。
• Reducing inflation is central to the government's economic policy.
  缩减通货膨胀是政府经济政策的重点。
• Science provided the incentive for this new movement by drastically reducing the rate of infant mortality.
  科学极大地降低了婴儿的死亡率，从而刺激了这场新的运动。
• This can also improve performance by reducing L3 cache and memory contention.
  这样做还可以通过减少L3缓存和内存争用，从而改善了性能。
• Coca is well-known for reducing hunger, thirst and fatigue
  人们都知道可乐能消饿、止渴和解乏。