| 21. | The price rise did not reduce consumption. |
| 涨价并没有降低消费量。
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| 22. | City departments must reduce their spending by ￡35 million before July 1st. |
| 市政府各部门在7月1日前必须缩减开支3500万英镑。
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| 23. | drive [put, reduce ] sb. to his (last) shifts. |
| 逼得某人走投无路。
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| 24. | Oil is put in machinery to reduce the friction. |
| 给机器上油以减少摩擦。
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| 25. | We may reduce the occurrence of cancer by fifty percent. |
| 我们可以把癌症的发病率降低50％。
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| 26. | The new highway will reduce the driving time to the beach. |
| 新建公路将缩短驾车前往海滩的时间。
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| 27. | This will help to reduce production cost. |
| 这会有助于降低生产成本。
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| 28. | We joined the fight to reduce waste. |
| 我们加入了减少浪费的斗争。
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| 29. | It's fine to reduce taxes, but the deficit will be increased. |
| 减税固然很好，但会增加赤字。
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| 30. | As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner. |
| 好像这一切还不足以使你急得掉泪，你的丈夫接着回来了，事先没打招呼就带来3个客人吃饭。
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