美[r??du:s] 1 . The job losses will reduce the total workforce to 7,000.
職位減少后，在職工人總數將減至7,000人。
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2 . He finally corrected his misstatement and offered to reduce the fee.
他終于糾正了自己的錯誤說法，提出要減少費用。
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3 . The plan is designed to reduce some of the company's mountainous debt.
該計劃旨在減少公司堆積如山的債務。
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4 . The agency should reduce turnaround time by 11 per cent.
該代理機構應削減11%的周轉時間。
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5 . They believed that controlling the money supply would reduce inflation.
他們相信控制貨幣供應量會減少通貨膨脹。
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1.cut down on; make a reduction in;
reduce your daily fat intake
2.make less complex;
reduce a problem to a single question
3.bring to humbler or weaker state or condition;
He reduced the population to slavery
4.simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
5.lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation;
She reduced her niece to a servant
6.be the essential element;
The proposal boils down to a compromise
7.reduce in size; reduce physically;
Hot water will shrink the sweater
8.lessen and make more modest;
reduce one's standard of living
9.make smaller;
reduce an image
10. to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
11. narrow or limit;
reduce the influx of foreigners
12. put down by force or intimidation;
The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
13. undergo meiosis;
The cells reduce
14. reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
15. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements;
The manuscript must be shortened
16. be cooked until very little liquid is left;
The sauce should reduce to one cup
17. cook until very little liquid is left;
The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
18. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture;
cut bourbon
19. take off weight
