reducing
present participle ofreduce
| 单词 | reducing |
| 释义 | reducing present participle ofreduce reduce verb[IorT] uk/rɪˈdʒuːs/us/rɪˈduːs/B1 tobecomeor to make somethingbecomesmallerinsize,amount,degree,importance, etc.: Donuclearweaponsreally reduce theriskofwar? Theplanereducedspeedas itapproachedtheairport. Myweightreduces when Istopeatingsugar. Weboughta TV that was reducedfrom£500to£350 in thesales. I reduced theproblemtoa fewsimplequestions. to decrease
toheataliquiduntil itbecomesthickerand less inquantity; tobecomethickerand less inquantityin this way: Reduce thesaucebyboilingfor fiveminutes. Simmer until theliquidhas reduced by about one third.
Becoming and making smaller or less
Idiomreduce, reuse, recycle Phrasal verbsreducesomeonetosomething reducesomethingtosomething Examplesofreducingreducing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But, apart from that, it also directly and immediately harms her byreducingher control of the purely self-regarding portion of her life. From theCambridge English Corpus Another is that competition, even if successful inreducingtariffs, will marginally affect the households bills. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, the proposed approach is beneficial toreducingthe tracking error. From theCambridge English Corpus The restriction aims atreducingthe combinatorial complexity of rule numbers due to the order sensitivity of phrase structure grammar. From theCambridge English Corpus They conclude that self-management strategies contribute to an increase in learners' self- and contextual knowledge which can assist inreducinganxiety. From theCambridge English Corpus We find s byreducingt to normal form. From theCambridge English Corpus The government has beenreducinghome-help services and experimenting with privatisation. From theCambridge English Corpus Using the connection between language and reasoning to improve concept generation may assist inreducingthe overall cost in the product realization cycle. From theCambridge English Corpus Over the past 20 years little progress has been made inreducingthe length of depressive episodes in those with bipolar illness. From theCambridge English Corpus Evaluating the importance ofreducingthe duration of untreated psychosis. From theCambridge English Corpus It seems that the international observers overestimated their role inreducingthe violence. From theCambridge English Corpus This may mean booking a private room for them to complete a questionnaire, offering refreshments, orreducingother factors of burden such as parking. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, does the government intend to maintain overall revenue neutrality,reducingdistortionary taxes proportionately? From theCambridge English Corpus She finds that the scope of consultation has little or no effect onreducingviolence. From theCambridge English Corpus Simple method forreducingthe depolarization loss resulting from thermally induced birefringence in solid-state lasers. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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