reduce

英[ri'dju:s]美[ri'du:s]

v.
1.[T] [reduce sth (from sth)]缩减（体积、数量、程度、价格等）；减小；减少；减低；降低
2.[I]【口】（有意识地）减轻体重；节食
3.[T][reduce sb (from sth)]降低某人的级别或地位；降职
4.[T][reduce sb/sth (from sth)]使某人/某事物陷入某种（通常指更坏的）状态或状况中
5.[T] [reduce sth to sth]将某事物概括或简化成某种形式
6.[T] [reduce sth (to sth)]【化】将（化合物）还原

时　态：reduced,reducing,reduces

名　词：reduc'ibil'ity

形容词：reduc'ible

副　词：reduc'ibly

同反义词

同：	[v.] come down, cut, scale down, shrink
反：	[v.] dilate, enlarge, gain, oxidate

词义辨析

decrease，diminish，lessen，reduce，dwindle

这些协词的共同含义是“减少，变少”。
decrease指逐渐地、不断地减少。
diminish侧重大小数量和重要性的不断减小，强调减小的部分。
lessen普通用词，与decrease近义。指数目、程度、价值、实力等的减少。
reduce普通用词，含义广。指数量、程度的降低或减少。
dwindle与decrease同义，指逐渐减小，但强调变得越来越少终至全无。

参考例句

To write off an account receivable is to reduce the balance of the customer's account to zero.
核销这项应收账款是要将该客户的账户余额减至零值。收藏
A high visibility cab gives greater crew comfort, with tinted windows to reduce the glare.
高清晰度的驾驶室为驾驶人员提供舒适的驾驶条件，淡紫色的玻璃可降低眩目的目光收藏
The government must make new policies to reduce unemployment.
政府必须制定减少失业的新政策。收藏
One of a pair of movable boards or plates attached to the hull of a sailing vessel to reduce downwind drift.
下风板，减横漂板装在帆船船体外侧的一对可移动的木质板或金属板的一块，用于减弱顺风漂移收藏
It has also been suggested that bifidobacteria reduce or prevent the excretion of rotaviruses, a cause of diarrhea among children.
研究表明,双歧杆菌可以减少或阻止轮状病毒,它会引发儿童腹泻。收藏