reduce:vt.“减少，缩小” e.g. a.Small businesses have to reduce costs in order to survive. 小企业不得不减少成本以求生存。 b.This machine can reduce copies of the original page to half size. 这台机器能把复印件缩小到原来尺寸的一半。reduce: vt. “减少，缩小” e.g. a. Small businesses have to reduce costs in order to survive. 小企业不得不减少成本以求生存。 b. This machine can reduce copies of the original page to half size. 这台机器能把复印件缩小到原来尺寸的一半