英语词组reduce one to doing是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

reduce (one) to (doing something)

To cause, force, or bring one to perform some humble, unbefitting, or undignified action or behavior. Often used in passive constructions. I can't believe I was reduced to begging for my job when they threatened to fire me. Those idiotic lawmen will never reduce me to pleading for my life.

reduced to doing something

brought into a certain humble condition or state. The poor man was reduced to begging for food.

reduce to

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."

词组	reduce one to doing
释义	(redirected from reduce one to doing) reduce (one) to (doing something) To cause, force, or bring one to perform some humble, unbefitting, or undignified action or behavior. Often used in passive constructions. I can't believe I was reduced to begging for my job when they threatened to fire me. Those idiotic lawmen will never reduce me to pleading for my life. reduced to doing something brought into a certain humble condition or state. The poor man was reduced to begging for food. reduce to v. 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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