使陷入(更壞的)境地;使淪落;使陷入窘境;將…概括成(或簡化為)
reduce sb / sth (from sth) to sth / to doing sth
使陷入(更壞的)境地;使淪落;使陷入窘境
to force sb / sth into a particular state or condition, usually a worse one
a beautiful building reduced to rubble已化為殘垣斷壁的漂亮建築
reduce sth to sth
將…概括成(或簡化為)
to change sth to a more general or more simple form
We can reduce the problem to two main issues.我們可以將這個問題概括成兩個要點。
釋義來自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第 9 版