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

• Reducing class sizes should be a top priority.
  削减班级规模应该是首选方案。
• Reusing static content from the cache greatly improves client performance, reducing both bandwidth consumed and server CPU cycles.
  重用缓存中的静态内容大大改善了客户端性能，减少了带宽消耗和服务器CPU周期。
• 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。
• 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。
• But this lowers the relative incentives to export, thereby reducing the export growth required to restore credit worthiness.
  但是，这就减少了对出口的相对鼓励，从而降低了恢复资信所需的出口增长。
• 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。
• As a result it has realized major benefits in reducing IT costs and increasing efficiency.
  这显著降低了IT成本并提高了效率。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。