reduce學測 L3KK [rəˈdus] ｜ /rəˈdus/
減少；縮小·縮水；縮小（體積）·縮短；刪減內容·簡化；使不複雜·熬煮至濃稠·淪為；被迫變成
學測核心字，含義多元易混淆
Turning off lights when you leave a room can reduce your electricity bill.
離開房間時隨手關燈，可以減少你的電費。
一個畫面：壓縮到最小
手壓扁用力往下壓，體積變小
熬煮收乾液體加熱後變少變濃
精簡文字刪掉多餘部分，只留重點
降級地位或狀態被迫變低
義項
垃圾減量A2verb減少；縮小
We should reduce the amount of plastic bags we use.
我們應該減少使用的塑膠袋數量。
reduce wastereduce cost
毛衣縮水A2verb縮水；縮小（體積）
Her sweater reduced in size after being washed in hot water.
她的毛衣用熱水洗過後縮小了。
reduce in size
刪減報告A2verb縮短；刪減內容
She reduced her report by cutting out extra details.
她刪掉多餘的細節，縮短了報告。
reduce a reportreduce an essay
步驟簡化A2verb簡化；使不複雜
The teacher reduced the problem to three simple steps.
老師把問題簡化成三個簡單步驟。
reduce to simple steps
醬汁收乾A2verb熬煮至濃稠
He reduced the sauce over low heat until it turned thick.
他用小火將醬汁熬煮至濃稠。
reduce the saucereduce over low heat
感動落淚A2verb淪為；被迫變成
The sad movie reduced her to tears.
這部悲傷的電影讓她哭了。
reduced to tearsreduced to silence
片語
reduce to tears淚水潰堤 →難過到哭出來
reduce stress卸下重擔 →減輕壓力負擔
reduce risk降低危機 →讓風險變小
reduce waste垃圾變少 →減少浪費製造
reduce to silence啞口無言 →被迫說不出話
reduce speed放慢腳步 →把速度降下來
你會不會這樣說？
To save energy, we should ___ the amount of electricity we use. (reduce / increase)
看答案
reduce
reduce 表示減少，increase 表示增加，兩字意思相反。
'The sad movie reduced her to tears.' 這裡的 reduce to 最接近哪個意思？(A) 縮短 (B) 使變成某種狀態 (C) 簡化
看答案
(B)
reduce to 後面接變成的狀態，此句指她感動到哭，對應「淪為」義項。
字族
reduction 名詞：減少；縮減・reduced 形容詞：已減少的；打折的