| 主要翻译 |
| reduce [sth]⇒ vtr | (lessen, decrease) | SCSimplified Chinese 使变少
TCTraditional Chinese 使變少 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 减少 jiǎn shǎo
TCTraditional Chinese 減少 |
| | Now Trevor has lost his job, he needs to reduce his monthly outgoings. |
| | 现在特莱福失去了自己的工作，需要减少每月的开销。 |
| reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep | (lessen, decrease) | SCSimplified Chinese 将…减少到 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 使…变少到 |
| | By extending the term of her mortgage, Jane reduced her monthly payments to £400. |
| | 简延长了自己的贷款还款期限，将每月分期付款减少到400英镑。 |
| reduce [sth] vtr | (rate, etc.: lower) (利率、税率、通货膨胀率等) | SCSimplified Chinese 降低…率 jiàng dī … lǜ
TCTraditional Chinese 降低…率 |
| | The bank has lowered the interest rate on our mortgage. |
| | 银行降低了房贷的利率。 |
| reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep | (rate, etc.: lower) (汇率等) | SCSimplified Chinese 降低到 |
| | The Bank of England has reduced interest rates to 0.5%. |
| | 英格兰银行已经将利率降到0.5％。 |
| reduce [sth] vtr | (lower the quantity of) | SCSimplified Chinese 减少 jiǎn shǎo
TCTraditional Chinese 減少 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 消减 jiǎn shǎo ，xiāo jiǎn |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 裁减 jiǎn shǎo ，cái jiǎn
TCTraditional Chinese 裁減 |
| | The factory had to reduce its staff due to a lack of demand for its product. |
| | 因为产品的需求不足，工厂只能裁减员工。 |
| reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep | (lower the quantity to) | SCSimplified Chinese 将…削减到 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 将…缩减至 |
| | Ian is giving up smoking and has reduced the number of cigarettes he smokes each day to three. |
| | 伊安正在戒烟，将每天抽的烟削减到三根。 |
| reduce [sth] vtr | (copy: make smaller) | SCSimplified Chinese 缩小 suō xiǎo
TCTraditional Chinese 縮小 |
| | I need to reduce this A3 poster so that it will fit onto a sheet of A4. |
| | 我需要将这张A3的海报缩小一些，以便将其放进A4纸上。 |
| reduce⇒ vi | (lessen, decrease) | SCSimplified Chinese 变少 biàn shǎo |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 减少 biàn shǎo ，jiǎn shǎo
TCTraditional Chinese 減少 |
| | The number of visitors to this town has reduced in recent years. |
| | 近年来，到镇上旅游的访客减少了。 |
| 其他翻译 |
| reduce [sb] to doing [sth] v expr | often passive (worsen status of) | SCSimplified Chinese 使沦落 shǐ lún luò
TCTraditional Chinese 使淪落 |
| | A once-wealthy woman, she has been reduced to begging in the street. |
| reduce [sb] to doing [sth] v expr | usually passive (make resort to) | SCSimplified Chinese 使…不得不 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 使…被迫做 |
| | We were so poor back then that we were reduced to living on peanut butter and crackers. |
| reduce [sth]⇒ vtr | (cookery: boil down) (汤等) | SCSimplified Chinese 使...浓缩 |
| | Reduce the wine by boiling it in a saucepan. |
| reduce [sth] vtr | (mathematics: simplify) (数学) | SCSimplified Chinese 约分, 约化 |
| | The fraction 5/10 can be reduced to 1/2. |
| reduce [sth] vtr | (broken bone: set) | SCSimplified Chinese 复位 fù wèi |
| | Surgery was needed to reduce the fractured bone. |
| reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep | (simplify, condense) | SCSimplified Chinese 将…概括成 jiāng … gài kuò chéng |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 将…简化为 jiāng … gài kuò chéng，jiāng … jiǎn huà wéi |
| | The conflict cannot be reduced to a simple view of good versus evil. |
| reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep | (break down into: pieces) | SCSimplified Chinese 使…碎成 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 使…破碎成 |
| | The building was reduced to pieces by the force of the explosion. |
| reduce [sth] to [sth] vtr + prep | (idea, text: condense) (文章等) | SCSimplified Chinese 将…压缩成，使…精简为 |
| | That whole speech could be reduced to "Be nice." |
| reduce [sth/sb] to [sth] vtr + prep | (worsen condition of) | SCSimplified Chinese 使…沦落到 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 让…沦落为 |
| | They have reduced education to rote learning and memorization. |
| | She was reduced to poverty. |