減少

我們已採取措施盡量減少損失。
   We've taken steps to minimize the losses.

意外事故非但沒有減少,反而增多了。
   Instead of fewer accidents, there were more.

城裡兇殺案件有所減少。
   There has been a decrease in the number of murders on the city.

他們的要求已減少到只有兩點。
   Their demands had narrowed down to only two points.

你們的產量在減少嗎?
   Is your production on the decrease?

減少經常費用的開支
   reduce expenditure on overhead

臉色灰白表明受驚時,血液流動明顯減少。
   Pallor suggested a marked reduction in the flow of blood in shock.

農民總數從七千五百萬減少到六千五百萬。
   The peasantry has shrunk from 75 million to 65 million.

禁止在辦公室打私人電話其實不能減少多少開支;反而是因小失大。
   Forbidding private phone calls in the office cannot really reduce the company's expenses; it's just being penny wise and pound foolish.

禁止酒後開車將會減少許多死亡事故。
   The prohibition against drunken driving will save many lives.

他正試圖減少開支。
   He is trying to reduce expenses.

一家地方報紙評論說犯罪案件在減少。
   A local newspaper remarked that crime was on the decrease.

董事會對公司總收入的減少甚為關注。
   The Board of Directors was concerned at the drop in the company's revenues.

這個月的銷售額減少了。
   Sales are down this month.

將軍不得不減少士兵的口糧。
   The general had to scant his men's rations.

英國的船舶噸數近年來已經減少了。
   British shipping has decreased in recent years.

當他的影響縮小時,他的財富也減少了。
   When his influence began to shrink, his wealth also decreased.

人手不足已使我們廠的年產量減少。
   Shortage of hands has shrunk our plant's yearly output.

煤的需求在春天開始減少。
   The demand for coal begins to slacken off in the spring.

上漲的棉花價格減少了紡織廠的利潤。
   Climbing cost of cotton squeezes mill profits.