reducing

1. VERB 减少；减小；减轻
   If you reduce something, you make it smaller in size or amount, or less in degree.
   1. It reduces the risks of heart disease...
      这降低了患心脏病的风险。
   2. Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent...
      消费下降了25个百分点。
   3. The reduced consumer demand is also affecting company profits.
      消费需求的降低也影响到了公司的利润。
2. VERB 使沦为，使陷入（不好的境地）
   If someone is reduced to a weaker or inferior state, they become weaker or inferior as a result of something that happens to them.
   1. They were reduced to extreme poverty...
      他们陷入极端贫困的状态。
   2. They wanted the army reduced to a police force.
      他们想把这支队伍降级为一支警察部队。
3. VERB 迫使;使不得不（做）；使只得
   If you say that someone is reduced to doing something, you mean that they have to do it, although it is unpleasant or embarrassing.
   1. He was reduced to begging for a living.
      他不得不以乞讨为生。
4. VERB 使变成;使简化为
   If something is changed to a different or less complicated form, you can say that it is reduced to that form.
   1. All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble...
      城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。
   2. Politics has been reduced to class struggle.
      政治变成了阶级斗争。
5. V-ERG （烹调中）使变浓稠，收汁
   If you reduce liquid when you are cooking, or if it reduces, it is boiled in order to make it less in quantity and thicker.
   1. Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half...
      用小炖锅炖，收一半汤汁。
   2. Simmer until mixture reduces.
      用小火煮到汤汁收浓。
6. PHRASE 境况变差;生活拮据
   If you say that someone is living in reduced circumstances, you mean that they do not have as much money as they used to have.
   1. They are the descendants of emperors and kings and are now living in reduced circumstances.
      他们是帝王的后代，但是现在境况大不如前了。
7. PHRASE 使…无言
   If someone or something reduces you to silence, they make you feel so upset or confused that you cannot speak.
   1. Her challenge reduced them to silence.
      她的质问让他们哑口无言。
8. PHRASE 使…落泪
   If someone or something reduces you to tears, they make you feel so unhappy that you cry.
   1. The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.
      媒体的关注把她弄哭了。

1. Reducing class sizes should be a top priority.
   削减班级规模应该是首选方案。
2. Water companies should concentrate on reducing waste instead of building new reservoirs
   自来水公司应该集中精力减少水浪费，而不是修建新水库。
3. As with all dietary changes, reducing salt should be done gradually.
   像所有改变饮食结构的情况一样，减少盐的摄入量也应当采取渐进的方式。
4. What this amounts to is foisting onto women the responsibility for reducing 'the opportunities for crime' by changing their behaviour.
   这就等于是把减少“犯罪机会”的责任强加在了女性身上，要求她们改变行为。
5. Building more motorways and bypasses will help the environment by reducing pollution and traffic jams in towns and cities
   建造更多的高速公路和绕城道路能够减少城镇中的污染和交通堵塞，有利于改善环境。
6. He is very keen to reach agreement with the US on reducing long-range nuclear missiles.
   他很想和美国达成协议，减少远程核导弹的数量。
7. They are looking at ways of reducing the waste of natural resources.
   他们正在寻找减少自然资源浪费的方法。
8. Recycling also helps control environmental pollution by reducing the need for waste dumps.
   对废弃物的回收利用能够减少对垃圾场的需求，从而也有助于控制环境污染。
9. The society said the move was 'purely and simply a business decision' aimed at reducing costs.
   该协会说此举是旨在降低成本的“不折不扣的商业决定”。
10. We should concentrate on sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of recession
    我们应该着力大幅下调利率以使经济走出衰退。
11. Data recorders also pinpoint mechanical faults rapidly, reducing repair times.
    数据记录仪还能迅速查明机械故障，减少维修次数。
12. Reducing the income will further impoverish these families and could tempt an offender into further crime
    降低收入只会使这些家庭更加贫穷，而且可能诱使不法分子进一步犯罪。
13. Coca is well-known for reducing hunger, thirst and fatigue
    人们都知道可乐能消饿、止渴和解乏。
14. Any progress in reducing chemical weapons is welcome.
    削减化学武器的任何进展都是受人欢迎的。
15. The new machines will work twice as fast, thus greatly reducing costs.
    新机器的运转速度要快一倍，因而会大大降低成本。
16. Reducing inflation is central to the government's economic policy.
    缩减通货膨胀是政府经济政策的重点。
17. The management decided to economize by cutting the dead wood from the workforce, thus reducing the wages bill.
    资方决定节省开支，裁减劳动力中的冗员，这样可以减少工资支出。
18. She was very efficient in reducing waste.
    她在减少浪费方面很有办法。
19. Options, directives, and functions continue to simplify programming tasks, shortening development time and reducing risk.
    选项、指令和函数继续简化了编程任务，从而缩短了编程时间并减少了风险。
20. This can also improve performance by reducing L3 cache and memory contention.
    这样做还可以通过减少L3缓存和内存争用，从而改善了性能。
21. As a result it has realized major benefits in reducing IT costs and increasing efficiency.
    这显著降低了IT成本并提高了效率。
22. Reusing static content from the cache greatly improves client performance, reducing both bandwidth consumed and server CPU cycles.
    重用缓存中的静态内容大大改善了客户端性能，减少了带宽消耗和服务器CPU周期。
23. Thus reducing overhead and saving time.
    因此减少了开销并节省了时间。
24. Graph shows value increasing and risk reducing over the project's duration.
    此图展示了在项目过程中的价值增加和风险减少。
25. It also saves power and contributes less heat, thus reducing the investment required to cool the systems.
    这还节省了能源，减少了释放的热量，从而减少了冷却系统所需的投资。
26. Science provided the incentive for this new movement by drastically reducing the rate of infant mortality.
    科学极大地降低了婴儿的死亡率，从而刺激了这场新的运动。
27. The absence of such policies here creates obvious advantages for companies, reducing costs and increasing production.
    此类政策的缺失，给企业带来了显而易见的优势：降低了成本，提高了产量。
28. Together these can show whether a treatment is reducing a cancer's energy consumption, and thus its metabolism.
    两种技术一起运用，可以显示某种治疗方法是否降低了肿瘤的能量消耗，从而是否减缓了它的新陈代谢。
29. We eliminate waste every day, reducing our costs and capital requirements.
    我们每天都要消除浪费，以减低成本和资本需求。
30. But this lowers the relative incentives to export, thereby reducing the export growth required to restore credit worthiness.
    但是，这就减少了对出口的相对鼓励，从而降低了恢复资信所需的出口增长。

noun

1. loss of excess weight (as by dieting)
   1. a doctor supervised her reducing

2. any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen)

   Synonym:    reduction