| 词汇 | reduce-to |
| 释义 | reduce someone to somethingphrasal verb with reduceverb[ I or T ]uk /rɪˈdʒuːs/ us /rɪˈduːs/ C2 to make someone unhappy or cause someone to be in a bad state or situation: 使（某人）（情绪）低落;使（某人）沦落，使（某人）陷入困境 His comments reduced her to tears(= made her cry).他的话把她气哭了。 The sergeant was reduced to the ranks(= made an ordinary soldier) for his cowardice.中士因为贪生怕死被降为士兵。 C2 If you are reduced to doing something, you are forced to do it because you have no other choice: 使（某人）被逼无奈做…；使（某人）不得不做… He was out of cigarettes and was reduced to smoking the butts left in the ashtrays.我烟抽光了，无奈只好抽烟灰缸中的烟头。 Treating people or animals badly a raw dealidiom abuser anti-harassment at the hands of someoneidiom batten batten on someone hit someone where it hurtsidiom ill-treat ill-treatment ill-used impose prey prey on something put someone through something put upon uncared for use victimization victimize victimology You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Causing somebody to act reduce something to somethingphrasal verb with reduceverb[ I or T ]uk /rɪˈdʒuːs/ us /rɪˈduːs/ C2 to cause something, especially a large structure, to be destroyed and broken into pieces: 将（尤指大型建筑物）彻底摧毁；将…夷为平地 Allied bombing reduced the city to ruins/rubble.联军的轰炸使这座城市沦为一片废墟／瓦砾。 Destroying and demolishing annihilate annihilation apocalypse bash bash through (something) be sacrificed on the altar of somethingidiom costly dynamite erosion erosional erosionally erosive saboteur sack sacking sacrifice scarred self-destruct sink wipe |
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