【reduce音标】 英[rɪˈdju:s] 美[rɪˈdu:s]
【单词释义】 reduce是什么意思：
vt.换算；约束；使变为；使变弱
vi.减少；减轻体重；[生物学]（细胞）减数分裂；（液体）浓缩变稠
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] reduces
[单词现在分词] reducing
[单词过去式] reduced
[单词过去分词] reduced
【reduce形近词/近似词】
induce vt.引诱；诱使；引起；导致
adduce vt.引证；举出(证据、理由、事实等)
traduce vt. 中伤；诋毁；诽谤；违反；背叛
deduce vt.推论，推断；演绎
seduce vt.勾引；引诱；诱奸；诱骗；使入迷
【近义词解析】
◇ 减少，降低
decrease (v.（使）减少,（使）变小)：指变少或降低水平。
diminish ([四级]v. （使）减小，（使）降低)：指大小、数量不断减小，也可引申为贬低某事物的重要性或价值。
lessen ([四级]v.（使）变小,（使）减少)：指程度、规模等减少，也可指降低某事物的可能性、影响等。
reduce (v. 减少，减小)：指降低价格、数量、规模等。
【单词例句】
◇ "People who forgive show less depression, anger and stress and more hopefulness," says Frederic Luskin, Ph.D., author of Forgive for Good (HarperCollins, 2002). "So it can help save on the wear and tear on our organs, reduce the wearing out of the immune system and allow people to feel more vital."
《原谅的好处》(哈珀科林斯出版社, 2002)一文的作者弗雷德里克 卢斯金博士曾说过：“原谅他人的人很少消沉，不容易发怒，压力减少并充满希望。原谅有助于减少生理消耗，增强免疫能力，让人充满活力。”
◇ Plastic straws are now the target of a growing movement to reduce their use. Possibly the first of such campaigns, Be Straw Free was started in 2011 by Milo Cress, who was only nine years old at the time.
现在以减少塑料吸管使用量为目标的运动越来越多。“不用吸管”可能是第一场这样的运动，该运动在2011年由年仅9岁的米罗•克雷斯发起。
---- Is time up for this plastic relic
◇ Premier Li Keqiang announced on Monday that China will further reduce the poor rural population by more than 10 million, including 2.8 million people who will be relocated from inhospitable areas.
国务院总理李克强周一（2018年3月5日）作政府工作报告，其中提到，中国今年再减少农村贫困人口1000万以上，完成易地扶贫搬迁280万人。
---- Eliminating poverty builds larger market
◇ According to Barnes, some employees have found the reduced time to complete their work stressful. "People were really positive going in, then a bit negative, then positive again," says Barnes. "In general terms, people are more positive because they are suddenly able to do things that they otherwise couldn't do."
巴恩斯说，一些员工因为完成工作的时间变短而感到压力重重。他说：“刚开始人们真的很积极，然后会有点消极，接着又会变得积极。普遍来说，人们变得更积极了，因为他们突然能够做那些本来做不了的事了。”
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ "There will not be enough humans to make the deliveries. We need more and more robots to fill this gap in manpower. And to reduce costs."
他还说：“将来快递员人手不足。我们需要越来越多的机器人来填补这一人力缺口，降低成本。”
---- 'Little yellow horse' robot delivers useful service in China
◇ Being fit earlier in life is associated with a reduced risk, in some cases of up to 42%, of developing nine different types of cancer in later life, according to a large long-term study.
一项大型长期研究显示，年轻时身强体健可以降低年老时患上9种不同癌症的风险，某些情况下甚至能将风险降低42%之多。
---- Fitness earlier in life reduces cancer risk when older
◇ Patients with coronary artery disease who engaged in a course of laughter therapy had reduced inflammation and better health, the research found.
研究发现，采用“大笑疗法”的冠心病患者炎症减轻了，身体变好了。
---- Study finds laughter is good for heart health
◇ The popular fruit has also been linked to a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes and even some cancers.
苹果还与2型糖尿病甚至某些癌症的患病风险降低有关。
---- An apple a day keeps the doctor away
◇ "Other potential methods for reducing pesticide levels are pickling and fermentation, as microorganisms and acids help to decompose pesticides into harmless molecules over time."
“其他可能降低农药水平的方法还有腌制和发酵，因为随着时间推移，微生物和酸类物质有助于将农药分解成无害分子。”
---- How to washing your fruits and veggies
◇ "Provided the music has a calm, regular beat, it can actually help us to stay calm, reducing our stress, slowing our heart rate, and moderating our pulse," says Dr. Spelman. "This makes it easier for us to focus on the task at hand rather than entering into 'flight or fight' mode, in which it can be very difficult to think clearly because of our elevated levels of adrenaline and cortisol."
斯佩尔曼博士表示：“如果背景音乐的节拍比较平静、有规律，它实际上可以帮助我们保持平静，减轻我们的压力，减缓我们的心跳，调节我们的脉搏。这使我们更容易专注于手头的任务，而不是进入‘逃跑或战斗’模式，在这种模式下，由于肾上腺素和皮质醇水平升高，我们会很难清晰地思考问题。”
---- Listening to classical music at work boosts productivity