英 [rɪˈdjuːst] 美 [rɪˈdjʊst]
adj. 减少的；[数] 简化的；缩减的[1]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
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. 使变小
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. 使变成; 使简化为 [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. 使变稠; 收汁
6.PHRASE If someone or something reduces you to tears, they make you feel so unhappy that you cry. 使…流泪[1]