Reduce speed now (= on a sign) .
减速行驶。
牛津词典
Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.
过去一年,各项费用已经减少了20%。
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Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease.
戒烟会减少得心脏病的风险。
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The number of employees was reduced from 40 to 25.
雇员人数从40人减少到了25人。
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The skirt was reduced to £10 in the sale.
在大减价期间,这条裙子减价到10英镑。
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a reducing plan
节食计划
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a beautiful building reduced to rubble
已化为残垣断壁的漂亮建筑
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She was reduced to tears by their criticisms.
他们的批评使她流下了眼泪。
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They were reduced to begging in the streets.
他们沦落到沿街乞讨。
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We can reduce the problem to two main issues.
我们可以将这个问题概括成两个要点。
牛津词典
It reduces the risks of heart disease...
这降低了患心脏病的风险。
Consumption is being reduced by 25 per cent...
消费下降了25个百分点。
They were reduced to extreme poverty...
他们陷入极端贫困的状态。
They wanted the army reduced to a police force.
他们想把这支队伍降级为一支警察部队。
He was reduced to begging for a living.
他不得不以乞讨为生。
All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble...
城里所有的建筑都成了废墟。
Politics has been reduced to class struggle.
政治变成了阶级斗争。
Boil the liquid in a small saucepan to reduce it by half...
用小炖锅炖,收一半汤汁。
Simmer until mixture reduces.
用小火煮到汤汁收浓。
They are the descendants of emperors and kings and are now living in reduced circumstances.
他们是帝王的后代,但是现在境况大不如前了。
Her challenge reduced them to silence.
她的质问让他们哑口无言。
The attentions of the media reduced her to tears.
媒体的关注把她弄哭了。
I felt instinctively negative toward Stevenson.
我对史蒂文森却本能地有反感.
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We must carry on the patriotic public health campaign with a great fanfare, reduce disease and improve health conditions.
要大张旗鼓地开展爱国卫生运动, 减少疾病,提高健康水平.
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The government must make new policies to reduce unemployment.
政府必须制定减少失业的新政策.
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The government will look into how to reduce unemployment.
政府将研究如何降低失业率.
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The drug can reduce the frequency and severity of attacks.
这种药能降低发病次数和严重程度.
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They think, ‘Well, if I gradually reduce, it's like practice,' says Lindson-Hawley.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文They choose purpose over happiness—having a clear sense of purpose even reduces the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文In the last year alone, despite an increase in the UK population and a subsequent rise in the number of households, sales of toilet paper fell by 2%, with the average household reducing their toilet roll spending from £43 in 2014 to £41 in 2015.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文It will not necessarily reduce road accidents.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文College graduates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education: 59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school diploma or lessWhere a person lives matters, toIt will not necessarily reduce road accidents.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文They reduce production drastically to boost oil prices.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文There is no effective way to reduce people's sugar consumption.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Reducing food intake is not that difficult if people go to McDonald's more.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Many of the reductions over the past 30 years have been achieved either by reducing the amount of sugar, salt or fat in a product, or by finding an alternative ingredient.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文It may be a pleasant way for kids to reduce their food intake.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文For example, having salt on the outside, but none on the inside, reduces the salt content without changing the taste.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文When Jonathan Swift proposed, in 1729, that the people of Ireland eat their children, he insisted it would solve three problems at once: feed the hungry masses, reduce the population during a severe depression, and stimulate the restaurant business.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文There have been half-hearted but well-publicized efforts by some food companies to reduce calories in their processed foods, but the Standard American Diet is still the polar opposite of the healthy, mostly plant-based diet that just about every expert says we should be eating.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Should a woman who possessed a small amount of drugs years ago be permanently unable to be licensed as a nurse?These laws are also counterproductive, since they make it harder for people with criminal records to find housing or land a job, two key factors that reduce backsliding.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates' job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文Printing with moveable type on paper dramatically reduced the cost of producing a book compared with the old-fashioned ones handwritten on vellum, which comes from sheepskin.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文But technology has reduced transaction costs, making sharing assets cheaper and easier than ever—and therefore possible on a much larger scale.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文These make alcohol less easy to get and reduce the number of psychological cues to drink.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文optimistic about Obama's effort to reduce CO2 emissions
出自-2013年6月阅读原文What we are suggesting is that a population-wide effort to reduce salt intake, even slightly, will have health benefits.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文reduced his revenues to a quarter of normal years
出自-2013年6月阅读原文For example, but for the savings and loan debacle, there might be funds available to reduce the national debt and pay for education.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文Annan stressed the need for the negotiations to focus on increasing the flow of money from rich to poor regions to help reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards while still curbing the emissions of the heat-trapping gases.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文How rich countries can better help poor regions reduce climate hazards
出自-2011年6月阅读原文How human and economic losses from climate change can be reduced.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文How emissions of heat-trapping gases can be reduced on a global scale
出自-2011年6月阅读原文Dr William Bird, researcher from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, states in his study, "A natural environment can reduce violent behaviour because its restorative process helps reduce anger and impulsive behaviour.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文Even problems with crime and aggressive behaviour are reduced when there is contact with the natural world.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文Getting a divorce means risking a reduced life span
出自-2010年12月阅读原文And it would take an average of 65 years for the reduced carbon emissions from a new energy-efficient home to make up for the resources lost by destroying an old one.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文"They think, 'Well, if I gradually reduce, it's like practice,'" says Lindson-Hawley.
2017年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section CA dry mouth may reduce taste sensitivity, but taste is restored by drinking fluids.
2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section AAccording to the same study, efforts to reduce consumption should focus on improving consumer awareness and behaviour.
2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section CInitiatives also include efforts to reduce its environmental impact, water consumption and materials used in packaging by 2025.
2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section CMaintaining safe speeds and being electric, self-driving cars would drastically reduce pollution levels and dependency on non-renewable fuels.
2018年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section CMarine life may be affected too: El niños can reduce the rising of the cold, nutrient-rich water that supports large fish 35 populations, and the unusually warm ocean temperatures can destroy coral.
2015年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section AOffering support services to spouses caring for their other halves may reduce marital stress and prevent divorce at older ages, she said.
2019年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section CPepsicCo's plan for its foods and drinks is based on guidelines from the World Health Organization, which last week backed using taxes on sparkling drinks to reduce sugar consumption.
2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section CThe researchers argued that breakfast helps reduce daily calorie intake and improve the quality of our diet—since breakfast foods are often higher in fibre and nutrients.
2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section BThere have been half-hearted but well-publicized efforts by some food companies to reduce calories in their processed foods, but the Standard American diet is still the polar opposite of the healthy, mostly plant-based diet that just about every expert sa
2015年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section BThese laws are also counterproductive, since they make it harder for people with criminal records to find housing or land a job, two key factors that reduce backsliding.
2015年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section CPricing carbon proves the most economical way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Nations from around the world have gathered in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, with the goal of a universal and potentially legally-binding agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Addressing differences in the earliest years, it seems, could reduce inequality in the next generation.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Both bills would reduce the rate of growth in annual Medicare payments to hospitals, nursing homes and other providers by amounts comparable to the productivity savings routinely made in other industries with the help of new technologies and new ways to organize work.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文To reduce or avoid it, researchers have examined the effect of smoking, diet, brain-challenging games, exercise and other strategies.
出自-2016年6月听力原文While yoga and meditation are scientifically proven to reduce stress levels, these programs do little to target the root causes of burnout and disengagement.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文The employees were less likely to leave their jobs, resulting in reduced turnover.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Science has shown a clear correlation between high stress levels in workers and absenteeism , reduced productivity, disengagement and high turnover.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文More than $100 billion in funding has been put on the table for supporting developing nations to reduce emissions.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文It will motivate all nations to reduce carbon emissions.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文It will effectively reduce greenhouse emissions worldwide.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文In-office wellness programs may help reduce stress levels, but they are hardly an ultimate solution to the problem.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文After six months, the employees who participated in ROWE reported reduced work-family conflict and a better sense of control of their time, and they were getting a full hour of extra sleep each night.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文There is no doubt that spaceflight entails risks, and to pioneer a new mode of travel is to face those risks, and to reduce them with the benefit of hard-won experience.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Instead of normalising the undesirable behaviour, the message needs to marginalise it, for example, by stating that if even one person buys yet another SUV, it reduces our ability to be energy-independent.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文1 and the greatest threat to reducing poverty in America.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Inflation, resource scarcity, reduced personnel levels and budget cuts have all underscore the need for better coordination in organizations.
出自-2015年12月听力原文Swedish family policies, by accommodating women's preferences effectively, are reducing the number of women in elite competitive positions.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文In addition to a 16-month leave,a Swedish parent has the right to work six hours a day (for a reduced salary)until his or her child is eight years old.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文He is far less likely to take a year of parental leave and then return on a reduced work schedule for the next eight years
出自-2014年6月阅读原文If supervisors do not acknowledge such outstanding performance, employees may either lose their enthusiasm and reduce their effort or search for a new job at a firm that will reward them for high performance.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文In the future, more effective washing techniques, management procedures, and recycling and purification of water will be needed to reduce wastage
出自-2013年12月阅读原文Cell phones also can diminish social tolerance because they reduce children's interactions with others who are different from them.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文If no penalty is imposed on an employee for poor performance, other employees may react by reducing their productivity as well.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文By some studies, the safety nets for retirees have reduced fertility rates by 0.5 By some studies, the safety nets for retirees have reduced fertility rates by 0.5 children in the United States and almost 1.0 in Western Europe, reports economist Robert Stein in the journal National Affairs.0 in Western Europe, reports economist Robert Stein in the journal National Affairs.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文In response to the embargo, the US government enforced a series of policies designed to reduce reliance on foreign oil.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文Colleges, for their part, have since 1985 graduated fewer chemical, mechanical, industrial and metallurgical (冶金的) engineers, partly in response to the reduced role of manufacturing, a big employer of them.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文When China starts to reduce its current foreign reserves.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文That sense of urgency has increased interest in capturing and storing CO2, which the IPCC says could provide the more than 50% reduction in emissions thought needed to reduce global warming.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文A simple consumption tax of, say, 5% would significantly reduce the country's huge government deficit without damaging productivity
出自-2012年6月阅读原文In face of global warming, much effort has been focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions through a variety of strategies.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文We see the potential for capture and storage to play an integral role in reducing emissions," says Kim Corley, Shell's senior advisor of CO2 and environmental affairs
出自-2012年6月阅读原文According to a study by George Borjas, a Harvard economist, immigration reduced the wages of American high-school dropouts by 9% between 1980-2000.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文By far the most effective method to restrain pension spending is to give people the opportunity to work longer, because it increases tax revenues and reduces spending on pensions at the same time.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文Moreover they site several advantages: alleviation of school overcrowding, strengthen family relationships, lower dropout rates, the facts that students are allowed to learn at their own rate, increased motivation, higher standardized test scores, and reduced discipline problems.
出自-2013年12月听力原文They will be reduced if paid in cash.
出自-2013年6月听力原文Actually, it has to translate into more urgency to deal with the climate change problem and reduce emissions.
2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section CAs long as robots add to the sum of human happiness, reduce suffering, and create time to read world-class journalism, we should be their fans.
2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section ABoth bills would reduce the rate of growth in annual Medicare payments to hospitals, nursing homes and other providers by amounts comparable to the productivity savings routinely made in other industries with the help of new technologies and new ways to o
2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section BBut telling them that eating lots of high-fiber foods could reduce the risk of breast cancer before middle age, that's a powerful message.
2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section BBy creating more awareness around your efforts to reduce waste, and by developing a culture of responsibility, repair, and reuse, you can build customer loyalty based on shared values .
2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section BConventional wisdom would seem to suggest that companies have no incentive to lengthen the life cycle of their products and reduce the revenue they would get from selling new goods.
2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section BI think that by having people adopt a healthy lifestyle, both from a medical standpoint as well as nutritional and cognitive stimulation standpoint, we can reduce the incidence of cognitive decline, which will be proof that these factors are, in fact, imp
2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section CMore than $100 billion in funding has been put on the table for supporting developing nations to reduce emissions.
2016年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section Cright now, to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that mothers not sleep in the same bed as their babies, but sleep in the same room.
2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section BRuel says in the 1980s Thailand was able to reduce child undernourishment by recruiting a large number of volunteers to travel the countryside teaching about health and nutrition.
2015年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section CSommerkorn says a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming needs to come out of the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in December.
2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section CThe combination of computational power and engineering advances will eventually enable lower-cost in-home care for the disabled, widespread use of driverless cars that may reduce drunk- and distracted-driving accidents and countless home and service-indus
2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section AThe country is also planning to reduce its carbon footprint by 80-95% by 2050, sparking a shift to green energy in the country.
2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section AThe finding points to longstanding evidence that fiber may reduce circulating female hormone levels, which could explain the reduced risk.
2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section BThey hope to reduce both the number of components needed in a construction job and their weight一by replacing solid supports with hollow tubes, for example.
2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section AThey should also be sceptical of the growing tendency to try to reduce all human traits and actions to the level of brain activity.
2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section CThis could reduce the amount of steel needed to make everything from automobiles to buildings and bridges.
2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section AThis week the Italian government passed legislation that aimed to dramatically reduce the amount of food wasted in the country.
2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section AWhile yoga and meditation are scientifically proven to reduce stress levels, these programs do little to target the root causes of burnout and disengagement.
2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section Bwith so much stuff in space, and a limited area around our planet, the government wants to reduce the chances of a collision.
2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section CYet, more and more businesses are thinking about how to reduce consumer waste.
2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section BYou can do your share to reduce the chances that your children will become part of the drug culture by treating all medicines with respect.
2017年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section CA home environment in blue can help people reduce food intake.
2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 题设According to the Overseas Development Institute Odi, however, just 12% of disaster-relief funding in the past two decades has gone on reducing risks in advance, rather than recovery and rebuilding afterwards.
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文Climate change will fuel the growth of phytoplankton in some areas, while reducing it in other spots, leading to changes in the ocean's appearance.
2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文Consequently, she succeeded in making a kind of candy only using natural sweeteners, which can reduce oral bacteria.
2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文Gas emissions have been effectively reduced in developed countries.
2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项Grocery stores of the future might stock "food" that lasts years on end, freeing up shelf space and reducing transportation and storage requirements.
2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文Having enough fat and salt in your meals will reduce the urge to snack between meals and will improve the taste of your food.
2017年高考英语全国卷1 语法填空 原文His strange habit makes sense when you consider that he's an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road.
2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文If producers are required to take back packaging they use to sell their products, would they reduce the packaging in the first place?
2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文In many countries the concept of extended producer responsibility is being considered or has been put in place as an incentive for reducing waste.
2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文It took years of work to reduce the industrial pollution and clean the water.
2014年高考英语全国卷1 语法填空 原文It turns out that just looking at green,growing things can reduce stress,lower blood pressure,and put people into a better mood.
2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 七选五 原文Moth, meanwhile, after an initial struggle, found his symptoms were strangely reduced by their daily tiring journey.
2018年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文Mothers' working hours should be largely reduced.
2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项One of the most effective ways to reduce stress is to talk about feeling with someone you trust.
2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文One traditional belief about television is that it reduces a child's ability to think and to understand the world.
2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.
2015年高考英语安徽卷 完形填空 原文Researchers have discovered that "night milk" contains more melatonin, which has been proven to help people feel sleepy and reduce anxiety.
2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文She visits a different home each week and with the help of chef Matt Tebbutt offers top tips on how to reduce food waste.
2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读B 原文Simple improvements to infrastructure 基础设施can reduce the spread of disease.
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文Since the poorest are least likely to make up for their losses from disasters linked to el nino, reducing their losses needs to be the priority.
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint.
2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 阅读理解 阅读B 原文The measure to reduce risks from social media.
2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文The number of cities producing co beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9.
2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文These animals consumed large amounts of vegetation, which reduced plant diversity in the park.
2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文They have reduced pollution through effective measures.
2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 选项This empowerment has been part of the trend towards downsizing: reducing the number of management layers in companies.
2016年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文This is how much temperatures would rise by 2100 even if nations live up to the initial Paris promises to reduce carbon emissions; this rise could still put coastal cities under water and drive over half of all species to extinction.
2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文This tip reduces outside noise so that television dialogue is clear and understandable.
2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文Though the relationship may not be causal, helping divided communities to prepare for disasters would at least reduce the risk that those disasters are followed by killing and wounding people.
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文Two of the authors of the review also made a study published in 2014 which/that showed a mere five to 10 minutes a day of running reduced the risk of heart disease and early deaths from all causes.
2018年高考英语全国卷I 语法填空 原文Walking will be banned on escalators as part of a trail designed to reduce congestion at some of the country's busiest stations.
2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文You may drink, smoke, be overweight and still reduce your risk of dying early by running.
2018年高考英语全国卷I 语法填空 原文Dare to be different, please don’t smoke!” pleads one billboard campaign aimed at reducing smoking among teenagers-teenagers, who desire nothing more than fitting in.
出自-2012年考研阅读原文In the internet age, at least in theory ,this fraction can be much reduced.
出自-2013年考研阅读原文But we are now knowledgeable enough to reduce many of the risks that threatened the existence of earlier humans, and to improve the lot of those to come.
出自-2013年考研阅读原文In order to “change lives for the better” and reduce “dependency”, George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced the “upfront work search” scheme.
出自-2014年考研阅读原文In fact, allowing non-lawyers to own shares in law firms would reduce costs and improve services to customers, by encouraging law firms to use technology and to employ professional managers to focus on improving firms’ efficiency.
出自-2014年考研阅读原文Instead, use it as an opportunity to reduce decision fatigue.
出自-2016年考研阅读原文Taxes on low-wage labor need to be cut, and wage subsidies such as the earned income tax credit should be expanded: This would boost incomes, encourage work, reward companies for job creation, and reduce inequality.
出自-2018年考研阅读原文If the district finds homework to be unimportant to its students'academic achievement, it should move to reduce or eliminate the assignments, not make them count for almost nothing.
2012年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡIf we adults could indulge in a bit of silliness and giggling, we would reduce the stress hormones in our bodies, increase good hormones like endorphin, improve blood flow to our hearts and ever have a greater chance of fighting off infection.
2016年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡIn fact, allowing non-lawyers to own shares in law firms would reduce costs and improve services to customers, by encouraging law firms to use technology and to employ professional managers to focus on improving firms'efficiency.
2014年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section ⅡIn order to "change lives for the better" and reduce "dependency", George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced the "upfront work search" scheme.
2014年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section ⅡIn the US, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has pushed most public companies to defer performance bonuses for senior executives by about a year, slightly helping reduce "short-termism."
2019年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section ⅡScientists have found that although we are prone to snap overreactions, if we take a moment and think about how we are likely to react, we can reduce or even eliminate the negative effects of our quick, hard-wired responses.
2013年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section ⅡTo be fair, the FSA says it is not telling people to cut out roast foods entirely, but to reduce their lifetime intake.
2020年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ"reduce your daily fat intake"
"The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
"reduce a problem to a single question"
"He reduced the population to slavery"
"She reduced her niece to a servant"
"The proposal boils down to a compromise"
"Hot water will shrink the sweater"
"Can you shrink this image?"
"reduce one's standard of living"
"reduce an image"
"reduce the influx of foreigners"
"The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"
"China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"
"The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
"The cells reduce"
"The manuscript must be shortened"
"The sauce should reduce to one cup"
"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
"cut bourbon"