reduced

reduced是英語中兼具形容詞與動詞功能的辭彙。其英式發音為[rɪ'djuːst]，形容詞基礎釋義為“減少的”“簡化的”“縮減的”。作為動詞時，為reduce的過去分詞形式，涵蓋使物體變小或變少、濃縮液體、轉化形態等含義。該詞在托福、雅思考試中屬於高頻學術辭彙。

被動語態用法中，be reduced to可表示被迫陷入某狀態或簡化為特定形式。專業領域套用涵蓋化學（還原鐵）、醫學（復位的骨折）、工程（減壓蒸餾）、環境科學（減少碳排放）等，核心語義始終圍繞“縮減”與“簡化”。

該詞源自拉丁語reducere，經古法語reduire進入英語。真題例句顯示其套用場景包括材料科學（還原氧化石墨烯），體現跨學科通用性。

基本介紹

• 外文名：reduced
• 詞性：形容詞
• 英式發音：[rɪ'djuːst]
• 美式發音：[rɪ'djʊst]

單詞釋義

英 [rɪˈdjuːst] 美 [rɪˈdjʊst]

adj. 減少的；[數] 簡化的；縮減的

單詞用法

柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典

reduce /rɪˈdjuːs/ CET4 TEM4 ( reducing, reduced, reduces )

1.V-T If you reduce something, you make it smaller in size or amount, or less in degree. 使變小

2.V-T If someone is reduced to a weaker or inferior state, they become weaker or inferior as a result of something that happens to them. 使陷入 [usu passive]

3.V-T If you say that someone is reduced to doing something, you mean that they have to do it, although it is unpleasant or embarrassing. 迫使 [usu passive]

4.V-T If something is changed to a different or less complicated form, you can say that it is reduced to that form. 使變成; 使簡化為 [usu passive]

5.V-T/V-I 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. 使變稠; 收汁

6.PHRASE If someone or something reduces you to tears, they make you feel so unhappy that you cry. 使…流淚

短語搭配

be reduced by 降低了…（接數字、百分數）

reduced pressure 減壓；對比壓力；換算壓力；折算壓力

reduced cost 差額成本；降低的價格

reduced price 降低價格；處理價格

reduced rate 折合率

reduced scale 縮尺；縮小比例尺；縮小規模；縮型

reduced iron [化]還原鐵

reduced form 簡化型，約化型

reduced viscosity 比濃黏度；（溫度）折合粘度

reduced pressure distillation 減壓蒸餾

reduced circumstances 比起以前窮困的生活

reduced speed 減速

reduced temperature 對比溫度

reduced level 歸化高程，折合水準

雙語例句

• The number of employees was reduced from 40 to 25. 雇員人數從40人減少到了25人。
• As a result, services have been drastically reduced. 結果，服務被大大減少了。
• Boil for 20 minutes until the liquid has reduced by half. 煮沸20分鐘直到液體減少一半為止。
• The United States reduced its main bank rate ten days ago. 美國10天前降低了其主要銀行利率。
• The blood supply to the skin is reduced when muscles stiffen. 肌肉發僵時，皮膚的供血量就會減少。
• The road was reduced to 18 ft in width by adding parking bays. 這條路增加了停車區域後，寬度減少為18英尺。
• Policies of tax reduction must lead to reduced public expenditure. 減稅政策必然導致公共開支減少。
• Insurance costs will be reduced for houses fitted with window locks. 窗戶有鎖的房子保險費用降低。
• The supply of money in circulation was drastically reduced overnight. 一夜之間流通貨幣的供應就急劇減少了。
• Senior officials will be discussing how the volume of sales might be reduced. 高級官員們將討論如何才能減少銷售量。
• There is no evidence whatever that competition in broadcasting has ever reduced costs. 沒有任何證據證明廣播行業的競爭曾經使成本降低。
• Output has been drastically reduced. 產量已急劇下降。
• They were reduced to extreme poverty. 他們淪落到極度貧困的地步。
• The bomb reduced the houses to rubble. 炸彈把那片房子炸成了一堆瓦礫。
• He reduced speed and turned sharp left. 他減慢速度，向左急轉。
• He was reduced to begging for a living. 他不得不以乞討為生。
• The elections have been reduced to a farce. 那些選舉已經淪為一場鬧劇。
• We offer special reduced rates for students. 我們對學生有特惠價格。
• They were reduced to begging in the streets. 他們淪落到沿街乞討。
• The interview reduced him to a nervous wreck. 這次面試使得他的精神高度緊張。
• She was reduced to tears by their criticisms. 他們的批評使她流下了眼淚。
• The building was reduced to a heap of rubble. 大樓變成了一片殘垣斷壁。
• The town was reduced to ashes in the fighting. 在戰鬥中這座城鎮已化為灰燼。
• It is desirable that interest rates be reduced. 利率下調是可取的。
• If I reduced somebody to tears I'd be mortified. 如果我把誰弄哭了，我會感到手足無措。
• The attentions of the media reduced her to tears. 媒體的關注使她流下了眼淚。
• Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year. 過去一年，各項費用已經減少了20%。
• The judge reduced the charge to second-degree murder. 該法官將罪名降為二級謀殺罪。
• The debt has been reduced to a more manageable level. 債務減到了比較能夠應付的程度。
• His argument was that public spending must be reduced. 他的論點是公共開支必須減縮。