reduce vt. 1.減少,減輕,節(jié)減;縮短,縮小;降低,貶低;使沒落,使落魄。 2.使降服,征服,克服;攻陷(城市等)。 3.使衰弱,使退化。 4.使變?yōu)?,使成為,迫使,使不得不?5.把…歸類[分類,整理]。 6.【數(shù)學】簡化,約簡;化為;縮減;折合。 7.【化學】還原;【冶金】提煉,精煉;從(原油)中蒸去輕質(zhì)油。 8.【醫(yī)學】使(脫臼等)復位,使復原。 9.使適合,使適應(yīng),使一致。 10.【火箭】整理(測量結(jié)果等);譯解(代號等)。 11.【生物學】使(細胞)減數(shù)分裂。 12.【攝影】把(底片等)減薄,減低強度。 13.【語音】把(重讀音)變?yōu)榉侵刈x音。 reduce production 減少生產(chǎn)。 a map on reduced scale 按比例縮小了的地圖。 reduce wine to two-thirds by boiling 將葡萄酒煮沸濃縮成三分之二。 reduce the temperature 降低溫度。 reduce prices 減低價格。 be reduced to a shadow 消瘦得像一個影子似的。 be in a very reduced state 非常衰弱。 be reduced to nothing [to a skeleton] 瘦成骨架子。 a reduced family 破落戶。 reduce sb. to terror [tears] 使…恐怖[流淚]。 reduce to reason 使明理。 reduce the animals to classes 把動物分類。 reduce one's discourse into [to] writing 把談話寫成文章。 reduce a house to ashes 使房屋化為灰燼。 reduce a compound to its components 將化合物分解成各成分。 at a reduced price 廉價。 have the dislocation (shoulder) reduced 請人將脫臼(肩骨)復位。 in reduced circumstances 沒落。 on a reduced scale 小規(guī)模地。 reduce a fraction 【數(shù)學】約分。 reduce an equation 【數(shù)學】解方程式。 reduce a rule to practice 使條文變成實踐。 reduce oneself into 陷入…的地步。 reduce the establishment (公司,機關(guān)等)裁員。 reduce to an absurdity 使變成荒謬。 reduce to assert [asserting] an absurdity 使陷于不得不講荒唐話的地步;使窘迫得語無倫次。 reduce to discipline 恢復秩序,平定,使歸順。 reduce to order [chaos] 使秩序井然[亂七八糟]。 reduce to powder 把…弄成碎粉。 reduce to subjection 征服。 reduce to the ranks 把…降為兵。 vi. 體重減輕;【生物學】減數(shù)分裂。 reducing agent 還原劑。 reducing division 【生物學】減數(shù)分裂。
Since the pay of civil servants is protected by the basic law and the ability to reduce salary is not included in the employment contract terms of civil servants , government had to legislate the cut before its implementation in order to avoid any unnecessary litigation 由于公務(wù)員受基本法的保障,而在聘用合約中又沒有減薪條款,故政府需要以立法方式,肯定減薪的合法性,以減低訴訟的風險。社會上對公務(wù)員減薪立法一事持不同意見,立法會內(nèi)亦就應(yīng)否立法的問題爭持不下。