词组 | reduce one to |
释义 | (redirected from reduce one to)reduce (one) to (something)To bring one to a lesser or worse state than they are typically in. Poverty reduced him to homelessness for a brief period of time. reduce tov. 1. To decrease something to some level: The drought reduced the stream to a trickle. 2. To bring someone to some humbler, weaker, difficult, or forced state or condition: The illness had reduced them almost to emaciation. The sight of her mother reduced her to tears. The army reduced him from a command post to a desk job. 3. To bring someone to such a humble, weak, or desperate state or condition that he or she does something drastic: The Depression reduced many to begging on the street. 4. To damage or destroy something, leaving it in some lesser state: The blaze reduced the warehouse to ashes. 5. To make something shorter and simpler; summarize something: Their entire business philosophy can be reduced to "The customer is always right." |
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