reduce

中文： 减少、降低、还原

1. To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower. (transitive) · to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.
2. To lose weight. (intransitive)
3. To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote. (transitive) · to reduce a sergeant to the ranks
4. To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture. (transitive) · to reduce a province or a fort
5. To bring to an inferior state or condition. (transitive) · to reduce a city to ashes
6. To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy). (transitive) · reduced to silence
7. To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off. (transitive)
8. To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen. (transitive) · Formaldehyde can be reduced to form methanol.

He/she/it reduces · 过去式 reduced · 过去分词 reduced · -ing形式 reducing