1. | [c][u] ~ (in sth) 减少；缩小；降低an act of making sth less or smaller; the state of being made less or smaller |
a 33% reduction in the number of hospital beds available 医院的床位减少 33% | |
There has been some reduction in unemployment. 失业人数有所减少。 | |
a slight/significant/substantial/drastic reduction in costs 成本的略微╱显著╱大幅度╱急剧降低 |
2. | [c] 减价；折扣an amount of money by which sth is made cheaper |
There are reductions for children sharing a room with two adults. 孩子和两个大人合住一间房可以打折。 |
3. | [c] （照片、地图、图片等的）缩图，缩版a copy of a photograph, map, picture, etc. that is made smaller than the original one |
4. | [u][c] 还原；去氧；脱氧the fact of adding one or more electrons to a substance or of removing oxygen from a substance |
