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基本解釋

Making a decision of that magnitude cannot be reduced to a formula.
做出這樣重大的一個決定不能被降低到一個公式。
Under this scenario, menus would be reduced to prompts, followed by option selection, followed by feedback or results, and so on.
在這個方案中，菜單將簡化成提示符，接著是選項選擇，再接著是反饋或者結果等等。
Although intentional “I's” andcultural “we's” cannot be reduced to, or explained by, social systems ofecological processes, they cannot exist without them, either.
雖然故意的“我的”和文化“我們的”不能減少或解釋為，生態(tài)過程的社會系統(tǒng)，他們也不可以離開它們而存在。

But now,military officials say the area held by the Tamil Tigers has been reduced to just a few square kilometers of beachfront.
De Man's point is a question is both rhetorical and grammatical, and the one cannot be reduced to the other. Both readings are available.
德曼想指出的是，一個問句既是修辭型問句又是語法型問句，那么一個不能變成另一個，兩種理解都有效。
耶魯公開課 - 文學理論導論課程節(jié)選
We thought that the Taliban will be reduced to a minor irritating factor within 6 months to a year.
我們原以為,在六個月到一年之內塔利班分子會減少成為一個很小的勢利。
普林斯頓公開課 - 國際座談會課程節(jié)選

From a peak of 20, 000 in 2002, the guerrillas have been reduced to around 9, 000.
ECONOMIST: This time negotiations might eventually bring peace