减少

jiǎn shǎo

HSK 4

Meaning

减少指数量、程度或范围上的降低或削减。

To reduce or decrease in quantity, degree, or extent.

通常用作动词，后可接名词或数量短语，表示使某事物变小或变少。

Typically used as a verb, followed by a noun or quantity phrase, indicating making something smaller or fewer.

1 为了环保，我们应该减少使用塑料袋。(To protect the environment, we should reduce the use of plastic bags.)
2 公司决定减少员工的工作时间。(The company decided to reduce employees' working hours.)
3 通过节食和运动，他成功地减少了体重。(Through diet and exercise, he successfully reduced his weight.)
4 政府采取了措施来减少交通事故的发生。(The government took measures to reduce the occurrence of traffic accidents.)
5 这个新政策有助于减少贫富差距。(This new policy helps to reduce the wealth gap.)
6 孩子们应该减少玩电子游戏的时间。(Children should reduce the time spent playing video games.)

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