be reduced to

基本解释

Water can be reduced to oxygen and hydrogen by electrolysis.
水通过电解可以分解为氧和氢。
This substance can be reduced to a single chemical and oxygen by passing an electrical charge through it.
通电后，这种物质可以被分解为一种单一的化学制品和氧。
You have to constantly evaluate the productivity of the team and assess the remaining Backlog to determine if it can be reduced to zero.
您需要经常对这个小组的生产力和剩余的待完成工作进行评估，从而决定它是否能降低到零。

Other things including high fat diets and reduced physical activity are also believed to be pushing the numbers upward.
De Man's point is a question is both rhetorical and grammatical, and the one cannot be reduced to the other. Both readings are available.
德曼想指出的是，一个问句既是修辞型问句又是语法型问句，那么一个不能变成另一个，两种理解都有效。
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We thought that the Taliban will be reduced to a minor irritating factor within 6 months to a year.
我们原以为,在六个月到一年之内塔利班分子会减少成为一个很小的势利。
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Africa is too complex, too diverse, to be reduced to a handful of phrases.
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