reductions

英 [rɪˈdʌkʃənz]

美 [riˈdʌkʃənz]

n.  减少; 缩小; 降低; 减价; 折扣; (照片、地图、图片等的)缩图，缩版
reduction的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 减少；降低
  When there is areduction insomething, it is made smaller.
  1. ...a future reduction in UK interest rates...
     未来英国利率的下调
  2. Many companies have announced dramatic reductions in staff.
     许多公司已经宣布大幅裁员。
• N-UNCOUNT 减少；降低；缩小
  Reductionis the act of making something smaller in size or amount, or less in degree.
  1. ...a new strategic arms reduction agreement.
     新的战略武器削减协议

双语例句

• The question is whether such voluntary debt reductions would be enough, particularly for Greece.
  问题是，自愿的债务削减是否足以解决问题，尤其是对希腊来说。
• Pratt& Whitney has announced that it will be making further job reductions
  普惠公司宣布将进一步裁员。
• Another eastern European official said such reductions raised the risk of supply disruptions and price rises in the EU.
  东欧国家的另一位官员表示，此类削减增加了欧盟供应中断和价格上涨的风险。
• Smuggling, privateering, and legal trade with overseas partners only partially offset the drastic trade reductions with Britain.
  与海外贸易伙伴的私下及合法的贸易只是部分地抵消了与英国的贸易缩减量。
• Cuts will include reductions in costs of public sector pay and pensions and savings in social welfare.
  削减开支将包括削减公共部门薪资和养老金成本，以及社会福利方面的节省。
• Reductions in inheritance tax implemented in 2003 encouraged some transfer of income but there is scope for further reform.
  2003年实施的遗产税降低，鼓励了一部分收入转移，但在这方面仍有进一步改革的空间。
• The first and most stubborn problem was that of reductions in the number of aircraft.
  最首要也是最棘手的问题是飞机数量的减少。
• Clearly, we will have a significant amount of spending reductions in this proposal.
  很明显，现在我们的这个协议将使政府进行大量的开支削减。
• Funding for new technologies that result in significant reductions in GHG emissions;
  为能够大量减少温室气体排放的新技术提供的资助，如与煤炭气化、甲烷捕获、以及碳捕获和储存等有关的新技术；
• This reduces their ability to absorb losses and writedowns by prompt corrective cost reductions.
  这降低了它们通过迅速削减成本来消化资金损失和资产减记的能力。