reduce
释义
To make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.
减少；缩小；降低
To bring to a worse state; to lower in status.
使陷入；使沦为
(Cooking) to thicken a sauce by boiling away water.
（烹饪）将（汁、酱）煮浓
(Math/Chemistry) to simplify or convert by removing components.
（数学/化学）化简；还原
词根拆分
词根派生re-（回）+ duce（引领）= 「往回引领」。reduce 把某物引回到更小的状态——更少的钱、更轻的体重、更简单的形态。意象在 cost reduction、减重、化学还原、reduced to tears（被弄哭）中保持一致。
词根 duc 还连着 35 个词为什么是这个意思
reduce 是英语中最有用的动词之一，因为「往回引领到更少」的意象适用于太多领域。工业上：reduce costs（削减成本）、reduce emissions（减排）。烹饪上：reduce a sauce by half（把酱汁煮浓一半）。数学上：reduce a fraction（化简分数）。化学上：reduce a metal（金属还原）。社会上：reduced to begging（沦为乞讨）。每个领域都采用基本意象。隐含的方向始终是趋向更少。
常用搭配
- 1.reduce costs降低成本
- 2.reduce stress减压
- 3.reduce to使沦为
- 4.significantly reduce大幅减少
- 5.reduce by half减半
例句
- 1.
Try to reduce your screen time.
尽量减少看屏幕时间。
- 2.
The factory has reduced emissions by half.
工厂减排了一半。
- 3.
Reduce the sauce until it thickens.
把酱汁煮浓变稠。
- 4.
She was reduced to tears.
她被气哭了。