reduce (one) to (something)

To bring one to a lesser or worse state than they are typically in. Poverty reduced him to homelessness for a brief period of time.See also: reduce

reduce to

v.1. To decrease something to some level: The drought reduced the stream to a trickle.2. To bring someone to some humbler, weaker, difficult, or forced state or condition: The illness had reduced them almost to emaciation. The sight of her mother reduced her to tears. The army reduced him from a command post to a desk job.3. To bring someone to such a humble, weak, or desperate state or condition that he or she does something drastic: The Depression reduced many to begging on the street.4. To damage or destroy something, leaving it in some lesser state: The blaze reduced the warehouse to ashes.5. To make something shorter and simpler; summarize something: Their entire business philosophy can be reduced to "The customer is always right."See also: reduce

单词	reduce (one) to (something)
释义	reduce (one) to (something) reduce (one) to (something) To bring one to a lesser or worse state than they are typically in. Poverty reduced him to homelessness for a brief period of time.See also: reduce reduce to v.1. To decrease something to some level: The drought reduced the stream to a trickle.2. To bring someone to some humbler, weaker, difficult, or forced state or condition: The illness had reduced them almost to emaciation. The sight of her mother reduced her to tears. The army reduced him from a command post to a desk job.3. To bring someone to such a humble, weak, or desperate state or condition that he or she does something drastic: The Depression reduced many to begging on the street.4. To damage or destroy something, leaving it in some lesser state: The blaze reduced the warehouse to ashes.5. To make something shorter and simpler; summarize something: Their entire business philosophy can be reduced to "The customer is always right."See also: reduce
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