折合; 分解成 change; separate sth such as a mixture or combination into its parts
reduce sb/sth to sth/v-ing
They reduced the expenses to 60 per cent.
他們將開支壓縮到60%。
We should reduce the unproductive expenditure to a minimum.
我們應(yīng)該把非生產(chǎn)性開支壓縮到最低限度。
The fighting reduced the city to a shambles.
這場戰(zhàn)斗使這座城市成了一片廢墟。
A conflagration in 1947 reduced 90 percent of the houses to ashes.1947
年的一場大火,使90%的房屋化為灰燼。
Even when we reduce the salt to a fine powder, it still tastes salt.
即使把食鹽搗成粉末,它還是有咸味的。
A succession of bad harvest had reduced the small farmer to penury.
連續(xù)歉收使得這個小農(nóng)場主陷入了貧困境地。
Anxiety about the fate of his family reduced him to a nervous wreck.
對家人命運的擔(dān)憂使他精神崩潰。
His income has been reduced to half its amount .
他的收入減少了一半。
The operation must be carefully planned so that the loss of blood would be reduced to a minimum.
這次手術(shù)要周密計劃,要把失血降到最低限度。
Your speed must be reduced to the city speed as soon as you cross the border.
你一進(jìn)市區(qū)車速就得減到市區(qū)的規(guī)定速度。
He is reduced almost to a skeleton.
他瘦得幾乎變成了一個骨頭架子。
The chalk was reduced to powder.
粉筆被磨成粉末。
The house was reduced to ashes.
那房子被燒成了灰燼。
I bought the coat as it was reduced to only ￡30.
我買這件上衣因為它減價到只賣30英鎊。
After the Opium War of 1840,China was gradually reduced to a semicolonial and semi￣feudal society.1840
年鴉片戰(zhàn)爭后,中國逐漸淪為一個半殖民地半封建的社會。
Its people were thus reduced to slavery.
就這樣它的人民都淪為奴隸了。
In the old society he was finally reduced to begging.
在舊社會,他最后被逼得討飯。
During the famine, many people were reduced to eating grass and leaves.
許多人在饑荒時被迫吃青草啃樹葉充饑。
The captain was reduced to the ranks.
上尉被降為士兵。
reduce sth/wh-clause to sth
I think we can reduce his rather lengthy statement to one or two essential points.
我認(rèn)為可以把他冗長的演說歸納為一兩個要點。
This kind of analysis reduces the problem to its simplest form.
這種分析把這個問題概括成最簡單的形式。
We can reduce what he said to three simple facts.
我們可以把他講的內(nèi)容歸納為三件事。
His life\\\'s work can be reduced to a search for truth.
他的畢生事業(yè)可以說就是探求真理。
Boil all the ingredients together till they are reduced to half the quantity.
將所有配料放在一起熬,使它們濃縮成一半。
reduce sth to sth
To reduce pounds to pence you multiply by a hundred.
把英鎊折合成便士,你只需乘上100。
Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab.
在實驗室中化學(xué)老師常把化合物分解為各種成分。
Water can be reduced to oxygen and hydrogen by electrolysis.
用電解法可以把水分解為氧和氫。