| 单词 | reduce |
| 例句 | reduce verb 1.•the aim to reduce pollution:lessen, make smaller, lower, bring down, decrease, diminish, minimize | shrink, narrow, contract, shorten | ax, cut, cut back/down, make cutbacks in, trim, curtail, slim (down), prune | informal chop. ANT increase. 2.•she reduced him to tears:bring to, bring to the point of, drive to. 3.•he was reduced to the ranks:demote, downgrade, bring low, lower, lower in rank. ANT promote. 4.•Halloween items have been reduced:discount, mark down, lower the price of, cut, cut in price, make cheaper, put on sale | informal slash, knock down. ANT mark up. PHRASES in reduced circumstances •Quinlan was shocked to find his brother in reduced circumstances:impoverished, broke, in straitened circumstances, ruined, bankrupted | poor, indigent, impecunious, in penury, poverty-stricken, destitute | needy, badly off, hard up | informal without two cents to rub together, strapped for cash | formal penurious. |
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