单词reduce,意思是:v.减少缩小(尺寸、数量、价格等)(使)蒸发减轻体重节食使还原。

例句:1.The number of employees was reduced from 40 to 25.  

雇员人数从40人减少到了25人。

2、Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.  

过去一年,各项费用已经减少了20%。

3、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。