【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
deduce vt.推论，推断；演绎
seduce vt.勾引；引诱；诱奸；诱骗；使入迷
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
【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】
◇ "Your saliva is your natural protective mechanism," says Nigel Carter, chief executive of the Oral Health Foundation in the UK, inhibiting bacterial growth and tooth decay. "The saliva flow reduces overnight, so that's why it's very important that all the plaque is cleared away before you sleep."
英国口腔健康基金会首席执行官奈杰尔·卡特说：“你的唾液是你的天然保护机制，”可以抑制细菌生长和蛀牙。“唾液流动在夜间减少，这就是为什么在睡觉前清除所有牙菌斑非常重要。”
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ He planted super grain of rich nutrition and equipped himself to keep his crops roots free from bacteria and pests. He also enriched minerals in the soil while reducing chemical fertilizers.
他种植营养丰富的超级谷物，添置设备以使作物的根部免受细菌害虫的伤害；他还增加土壤所含的矿物质，同时减少化学肥料的使用。
---- A New Farming Way
◇ Fewer people are smoking worldwide, especially women, but only one country in eight is on track to meet a target of reducing tobacco use significantly by 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
世界卫生组织本周四（2018年5月31日）表示，全球吸烟人数特别是女性吸烟者在减少，但仅有八分之一的国家有望在2025年前实现大规模减少烟草使用的目标。
---- Tobacco use still a major cause of death
◇ "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
◇ "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
◇ 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
◇ 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
◇ 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
◇ "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
◇ 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。”