reducible
adjective
uk/rɪˈdʒuː.sə.bəl/us/rɪˈduː.sə.bəl/ableto be madesimpler, orsmallerinsize,amount,degree,importance, etc.:
可减少的,可缩减的Somerisksare reducible,othersare in thehandsoffate.有些风险是可以降低的,有些则掌握在命运的手中。
ThenameCassandra is reducibleto"Sandy" and Lucinda to "Cindy".Cassandra这个名字可以简化为“Sandy” ,Lucinda则可以简化为“Cindy”。
- Someproblemsofageingaresociallyandpsychologicallyconstructedand may be reducible.
- Theworldofexperienceis reducible to a fewbasiclaws.
- Empedoclesarguedthat everything wasfundamentallyreducible to theelementsearth,water,airandfire.
Becoming and making smaller or less
- abridgment
- attenuate
- attenuated
- attenuating
- attenuation
- boil
- damp
- falling
- falling-off
- foreshorten
- foreshortened
- go through the flooridiom
- haircut
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- rundown
- sag
- salami slicing
- scalesomethingdown
- shave
- telescope