1·The building was reduced to a heap of rubble.
大楼变成了一片残垣断壁。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·All the buildings in the town have been reduced to rubble.
镇上所有的建筑都变成了瓦砾。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·The road was reduced to 18 ft in width by adding parking bays.
这条路增加了停车区域后,宽度减少为18英尺。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·The original number of several thousand pieces has greatly reduced to only a hundred works by today.
原来的几千件,现在已大大减少到只有一百件了。
5·By 2300 B.C.E. the number of signs required had been reduced to 600, and the range of words that could be expressed had widened.
到公元前2300年,所需的符号数量已减少到600个,词汇可表达的范围也扩大了。
6·Many features and qualities of the objects that a technologist thinks about cannot be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions; they are dealt with in the mind by a visual, nonverbal process.
技术专家所思考的对象的许多特征和质量不能简化为明确的语言描述;它们在大脑中通过视觉及非语言的过程处理。
7·They were reduced to extreme poverty.
他们沦落到极度贫困的地步。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
8·He was reduced to begging for a living.
他不得不以乞讨为生。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
9·The elections have been reduced to a farce.
那些选举已经沦为一场闹剧。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
10·They were reduced to begging in the streets.
他们沦落到沿街乞讨。
—— 《牛津词典》