短语 | reduce sb / sth to |
释义 | reduce sb / sth to sth 1. reduce sb to tears / silence etc to make someone cry, be silent etc使某人流泪/沉默等:•She was reduced to tears in front of her students.她在学生面前流下了眼泪。2. reduce sb to doing sth to make someone do something they would rather not do, especially when it involves behaving or living in a way that is not as good as before迫使某人做某事; 使某人沦落到做某事的地步:•Eventually Charlotte was reduced to begging on the streets.最后夏洛特被迫沦落到沿街乞讨。3. reduce sth to ashes / rubble / ruins to destroy something, especially a building, completely把某物〔尤指建筑物〕化为灰烬/变成瓦砾/夷为废墟等:•A massive earthquake reduced the city to rubble.一场大地震把这座城市毁为瓦砾。4. to change something into a shorter simpler form简化:•Many jobs can be reduced to a few simple points.许多工作可以概括成简单的几点。 |
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