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

• Graph shows value increasing and risk reducing over the project's duration.
  此图展示了在项目过程中的价值增加和风险减少。
• Options, directives, and functions continue to simplify programming tasks, shortening development time and reducing risk.
  选项、指令和函数继续简化了编程任务，从而缩短了编程时间并减少了风险。
• 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。
• Any progress in reducing chemical weapons is welcome.
  削减化学武器的任何进展都是受人欢迎的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Reducing the income will further impoverish these families and could tempt an offender into further crime
  降低收入只会使这些家庭更加贫穷，而且可能诱使不法分子进一步犯罪。
• We should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of recession
  我们应该着力大幅下调利率以使经济走出衰退。
• 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。
• Building more motorways and bypasses will help the environment by reducing pollution and traffic jams in towns and cities
  建造更多的高速公路和绕城道路能够减少城镇中的污染和交通堵塞，有利于改善环境。