reduce sb / sth (from sth) to sth (often passive常用被动语态) to make someone or something be in the (usually bad) state mentioned使处于（某种状态）；使沦落到（不好的境况）◆One of the older boys reduced the little child to tears.其中一个年龄稍大的男孩把那个小孩子弄哭了。◆They were reduced from wealth to poverty almost overnight.他们几乎一夜之间由富变穷。 |