"The lower the euro is, the more competitive these economies become and,therefore, the more the fiscal concerns are going to be reduced."

VOA: special.2010.05.07

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，一个问句既是修辞型问句又是语法型问句，那么一个不能变成另一个，两种理解都有效。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

We thought that the Taliban will be reduced to a minor irritating factor within 6 months to a year.

我们原以为,在六个月到一年之内塔利班分子会减少成为一个很小的势利。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

"We greatly reduced the amount of cash that would be made available to these senior officials.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

Human beings can be reduced to their movable parts much like a machine.

人类被浓缩到那些可运动的部分,就像一个机器。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Chris Howson says premature births must be reduced if that goal is to be met.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

That seems to me to be some horrible penalty you've imposed on me, that you've reduced me from being a human being, able to engage in the full range of reflection, and simply turned me into something like a rat.

更像是,强加在我身上的酷刑，我本来是一个人，能进行各种反思，却被变成一种老鼠般的生物。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

A second goal is for the number of malaria cases and deaths to be reduced by fifty percent or more from the number reported in two thousand.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

What are we to make of these laws, ? as I've asked before? In one sense, there seems to be a genuine moral content to Hobbes' laws of nature which can : be reduced to a single formula: Seek peace above all other goods.

就像我曾经说过的那样，我们会怎样制定这些法则呢，从某种角度看，在霍布斯的自然法中,似乎有一个真正的道德内涵,可以简化成一个公式：,在一切物质层面之上寻求和平。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Banks says younger viewers are more vulnerable. "When you hit your 50s and 60s, we think that concern is going to be reduced."

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

That force is scheduled to be reduced from nearly with the bulk of the withdrawal planned for after the election and the formation of a new Iraqi government.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

He also said corruption must be reduced so there are honest local leaders who can partner with the United States and deliver services to restore the faith of Afghans in their own government.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

That force is scheduled to be reduced from nearly by next October,and to zero by the end of 2011, although Secretary Gates said Friday there could be a follow-on agreement for some U.S.troops to stay, particularly elements of the Air Force.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12