subtract，reduce，decrease，minus；

[例句] 职位减少后，在职工人总数将减至7,000人。 The job losses will reduce the total workforce to 7,000.

[例句] 但在其他商店纷纷关门倒闭之时，大型超市的强劲扩张势头却依旧不减。 But as other shops fold, the march of the superstores continues.

reduce，decrease，lessen，cut down，abatement ；

[例句] 职位减少后，在职工人总数将减至7,000人。 The job losses will reduce the total workforce to 7,000.

[例句] 他终于纠正了自己的错误说法，提出要减少费用。 He finally corrected his misstatement and offered to reduce the fee.

attenuation，decay，damping，reduction ；

[例句] 她想成为艺术家的梦想由于视力衰减而破灭了。 Her ambition to become an artist was thwarted by failing eyesight.

[例句] 毒性已衰减的病毒 an attenuated form of the virus

moderate，reduce the speed，shift down，speed reduction，decelerate ；

[例句] 刹车踩得越用力，车子减速越猛。 The harder the brake pedal is pressed, the greater the car's deceleration.

[例句] 洛夫洛克慢慢地拉杆减速，船稳了下来。 Lovelock eased back the throttles and the ship steadied.

reduce pressure，decompress，relax the pressure，diminution of pressure，decompression ；

[例句] 唱歌是一种不错的减压方法。 Singing is a nice way of unwinding.

[例句] 你能使用防护罩防止那些地区的减压 吗 ? Can you use the shields to prevent decompression in those sections?

[工] shock absorption，shock-absorbing，damping，decouple ；

[例句] 跑鞋有额外的减震设计。 Running shoes have extra cushioning.

[例句] 最先进的减震悬架保证汽车在最崎岖不平的道路上也可以平稳通行. State - of - the - art suspension guarantees a smooth passage over the bumpiest road.

（一次比一次减少） decrease progressively [successively]，decrease by degrees，reduce progressively，degression，descending ；

[例句] 茶叶的需求量 ( 逐年 ) 递减. The demand for tea is on the decrease ( each year ).

[例句] 像人头税一样, 递减税占穷人收入的比例更大. A regressive tax, like the poll tax, takes proportionately more of a poor person's income.

lighten，ease，alleviate，mitigate，abate ；

[例句] 我不用疯狂地节食也能减轻几磅。 I can lose a few pounds without resorting to daft diets.

[例句] 夜里他的痛苦是减轻了，但人也不那么清醒了。 The pain had lessened in the night, but so had his lucidity.

reduce，cut，run-down，decrement，curtail ；

[例句] 乔丹承诺在不减少基本服务的前提下，缩减市政预算。 Jordan promised to trim the city budget without cutting essential services.

[例句] 这条路增加了停车区后宽度缩减到了18英尺。 The road was reduced to 18ft in width by adding parking bays.

reduce，lower，bring down，cut，cut back on ；

[例句] 为了尽量减低附带性破坏，轰炸须做到最大程度的精确。 To minimize collateral damage maximum precision in bombing was required.

[例句] 他把闹钟塞在枕头底下，想减低声音。 He tried to muffle the alarm clock by putting it under his pillow.

[数] subtraction，subduction ；

[例句] 我看着他给我的东西，快速做了个减法。 I looked at what he'd given me and did a quick subtraction.

[例句] 用减法得出差额. The difference is found by subtraction.

attenuate，fade，weaken，abate，bate ；

[例句] 他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。 The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.

[例句] 随着年龄的增加，人在消耗体力时心脏的输血能力和输血速度会有所减弱。 Age diminishes the heart's ability to pump harder and faster under exertion.

cut (down)，reduce，slash，whittle down，minify ；

[例句] 制造商之间的恶性价格战已将利润削减到了最低。 A vicious price war between manufacturers has cut margins to the bone.

[例句] 大型工厂正试图通过削减成本以维持生存。 The big factories are trying to stay alive by cutting costs.

reduce，cut down，retrench，decrease ；

[例句] 必须减缩用煤量. It is necessary to decrease the amount of coal used.

[例句] 使用冗余可以使其讹误影响减缩到任意小的程度. Its corrupting effects can be diminished to an arbitrarily small degree by the use of redundancy.

damp，amplitude reduction，amplitude contraction，damping ；

decrement ；

[例句] 此比率自然对数称为对数的减量. The natural logarithm of this ratio is called the logarithmic decrement.

[例句] 例如, 所在地可以储存厂家转产所引起的排放削减量. For example, localities may bank reductions which result from firms going out of business.

reduce weight ；

[例句] 在减肥过程中保持饮食的营养相对均衡是明智的。 It makes sense to eat a reasonably balanced diet when slimming.

[例句] 有些人拼命节食也不能减肥。 Some people can diet like crazy and not lose weight.

drop，go down，abate，subside，letdown ；

[例句] 会有热情减退的时候么？ Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?

[例句] 眼球晶状体的柔韧性随着年龄增长而减退。 The flexibility of the lens decreases with age.

[律] reduce a penalty，commute [mitigate] a sentence，abatement from penalty，commute ；

[例句] 她因为表现良好获得减刑，可能会在一年内重获自由。 With remission for good behaviour, she could be freed in a year.

[例句] 有可能以情报换取减刑。 There is a possibility of being able to trade off information for a reduced sentence.

罚 mitigate a punishment，annul a punishment，reduce or remit ，reduction and exemption，derate ；

[例句] 减免的税额在地产和受益人之间分摊。 The allowable deduction is apportioned between the estate and the beneficiaries.

[例句] 检查费不得减免. No remissions of examination fees are allowed.