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单词区别(decrease 和 reduce在用法上的区别

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请老师说明一下decrease 和 reduce在用法上的区别
单词区别(decrease 和 reduce在用法上的区别
解题思路: decrease 和 reduce在用法上的区别
解题过程:
decrease
vt. & vi.
(使)缩短; 减小, 减少
The traffic accidents in the city decreased last year.
该城市去年交通事故减少了。
n.
减小, 降低
There has been some decrease in imports.
进口货物有所减少。
减少(量)
The decrease in sales was almost 20 percent.
销售量差不多减少了20%。
reduce 可以表示尺寸、数量、程度或强度的减少,词义引伸之后,可以表示地位、处境、状况的降低。如:to reduce the speed,to reduce household expense,to be reduced to tears,to be reduced to ashes.
This greatly reduced the speed of the ship ,for there was danger that if she travelled too quickly,this rudder would be torn away.

这大大减低了船速,因为如果它走得太快,这个舵会有被冲掉的危险。


decrease的意思是量上的减少 ,客观的,主语是减少的东西The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
reduce的意思是也是减少,但是是主观的,认为的减少,主语是使减少的外力
最终答案:略