20秒记一个单词（第1552个）reduce

reduce /r?'dju?s/ v. 变小,变小(尺寸、数目、价格等):

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例句/词组:

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

已往一年,各项用度以前变小了 20%。

英语表明：

to make sth less or smaller in size, quantity, price, etc. 变小,变小(尺寸、数目、价格等):