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PHRASE. 习语1.?使…流泪If someone or something reduces you to tears, they make you feel so unhappy that you cry. 双语例句例: The attentions of the media reduced her to tears. 由于引起了媒体注意,她伤心地流下了眼泪。
VERB. 动词reduces , reducing , reduced 1.?[T 及物动词] 使变小If you reduce something, you make it smaller in size or amount, or less in degree. 近义词decrease , lessen , lower 双语例句例: It reduces the risks of heart disease. 这降低了罹患心脏病的风险。 例: Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent. 消费被减少了25。 例: The reduced consumer demand is also affecting company profits. 消费需求的减少也正在影响公司利润。 2.?[T 及物动词] 使陷入 , 使沦为If someone is reduced to a weaker or inferior state, they become weaker or inferior as a result of something that happens to them. 双语例句例: They were reduced to extreme poverty. 他们沦落到极度贫困的地步。 3.?[T 及物动词] 迫使If you say that someone is reduced to doing something, you mean that they have to do it, although it is unpleasant or embarrassing. 双语例句例: He was reduced to begging for a living. 他不得不以乞讨为生。 4.?[T 及物动词] 使变成 , 使简化为If something is changed to a different or less complicated form, you can say that it is reduced to that form. 双语例句例: All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble. 镇上所有的建筑都变成了瓦砾。 5.?[I 不及物动词] 使变稠 , 收汁If you reduce liquid when you are cooking, or if it reduces, it is boiled in order to make it less in quantity and thicker. 双语例句例: Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half. 用小炖锅煮,收一半汤汁。
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