1. They have to reduce expenses this year. 他们今年必须削减开支。
2. How to avoid these violations, reduce labor disputes? 如何避免这些侵害、减少劳动争议？
3. The bank put pressure on the company to reduce its borrowings . 银行界向这家公司施加压力，迫使其减少借款。
英英解释
v.
1. cut down on; make a reduction in
2. make less complex
3. bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
4. simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
5. lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
6. be the essential element
7. reduce in size; reduce physically
8. lessen and make more modest
9. make smaller
10. to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo a
11. narrow or limit
12. put down by force or intimidation
13. undergo meiosis
14. reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
15. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
16. be cooked until very little liquid is left
17. cook until very little liquid is left
18. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
19. take off weight
