reduce

v. ①减少，缩小 ②减轻体重 ③（使）蒸发

【搭配】  reduce sth. by sth.减少了……reduce sth．to sth．减少到…．

【典例】  It took years of work  65(reduce) the industrial pollution andclean the water． （课标高考）

【点拨】  to reduce。考查非谓语动词。本句是It took.…to do sth.句型，因此本空填不定式to reduce。