be reduced

基本解釋

Making a decision of that magnitude cannot be reduced to a formula.
做出這樣重大的一個(gè)決定不能被降低到一個(gè)公式。
But by grouping them by sound rather than appearance, the number of characters can be reduced to about 50 of the most common, enough to write messages when mapped to a small number of keys.
但是如果將它們按讀音而不是外形將它們逐一分類時(shí)，最常用語(yǔ)的數(shù)量就減少到了50個(gè)，這些對(duì)于發(fā)信息來(lái)說(shuō)已經(jīng)足夠了，并可以被分配在很少的按鍵上。
In the meantime, people like Allen Frances will agitate for the number of diagnoses and their scope to be reduced.
屆時(shí)，像艾倫·福朗瑟斯一樣的人們將會(huì)因書中診斷詞條的數(shù)量和縮減余地而憂慮。

"The lower the euro is, the more competitive these economies become and,therefore, the more the fiscal concerns are going to be reduced."
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，一個(gè)問句既是修辭型問句又是語(yǔ)法型問句，那么一個(gè)不能變成另一個(gè)，兩種理解都有效。
耶魯公開課 - 文學(xué)理論導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
We thought that the Taliban will be reduced to a minor irritating factor within 6 months to a year.
我們?cè)詾?在六個(gè)月到一年之內(nèi)塔利班分子會(huì)減少成為一個(gè)很小的勢(shì)利。
普林斯頓公開課 - 國(guó)際座談會(huì)課程節(jié)選

Africa is too complex, too diverse, to be reduced to a handful of phrases.
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