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reduce

B1 verb
us /ɹɪˈd(j)us/

Các nghĩa

  1. giảm · bớt · giảm bớt

    To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.

    transitive

    to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.

  2. giảm cân

    To lose weight.

    intransitive

  3. giáng chức, hạ cấp

    To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.

    transitive

    to reduce a sergeant to the ranks

  4. chinh phục, khuất phục

    To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.

    transitive

    to reduce a province or a fort

  5. làm suy yếu, hạ thấp

    To bring to an inferior state or condition.

    transitive

    to reduce a city to ashes

  6. bị đẩy đến mức phải làm điều gì đó không xứng đáng

    To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy).

    transitive

    reduced to silence

  7. cô đặc, làm sệt lại

    To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off.

    transitive

    Serve the oxtails with mustard or a sauce made by reducing the soup, if any is left, to a slightly thick sauce.

  8. khử, khử oxy

    To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.

    transitive

    Formaldehyde can be reduced to form methanol.

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