Shortly after suffering from a massive earthquake and being reduced to ruins, the city took on a new look.
重点解释reduce the city to runis 如何翻译？此时的reduce是什么意思？详解。谢谢
Shortly after suffering from a massive earthquake and being reduced to ruins, the city took on a new look.
重点解释reduce the city to runis 如何翻译？此时的reduce是什么意思？详解。谢谢
句子结构:状语 + 主语 + 谓语+宾语
状语【Shortly after suffering from a massive earthquake and being reduced to ruins】
主语:【the city】
谓语:【took on 】
宾语【a new look】
句子整体中文意思：在遭受一个造成重大伤亡的地震和化为废墟之后不久，这座城市又呈现了一个新的面貌
e reduced to
1. 沦为
be admitted to 被…录取；准进入
be reduced to 沦为
reduce…to…使…沦为
2. 转化为
1. 最后一句：can not be reduced to sth./sb.
be reduced to 转化为
3. 减小为，分解为
at the expense of 以…为代价
be reduced to 减小为，分解为
pot lift （胶粘剂）试用期
4. 被归纳为、迫使、使变为、使变弱为
unambiguous adj．不含糊的，明确的
be reduced to被归纳为、迫使、使变为、使变弱为
reduce to 1.使降低到; 遭受
Let's reduce the passage to half the number of words.
咱们把这一段减少到一半字数。
His sudden death reduced the family to poverty.
他突然去世使家庭陷入贫困。
His income has been reduced to half its amount.
他的收入减少了一半。
Its people were thus reduced to slavery.
就这样它的人民都沦为奴隶了。
2.归纳, 简化
Let's try and reduce it to formulas.
咱们设法把它归纳成公式吧。
His life's work can be reduced to a search for truth.
他的毕生事业可以说就是探求真理。
3.折合; 分解成
Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab.
在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。
Water can be reduced to oxygen and hydrogen by electrolysis.
用电解法可以把水分解为氧和氢。
suffer from 1.患(某种病); 受(某种病痛)折磨; 因(疾病)而痛或不舒服
You must have suffered from a cold.
你一定是感冒了。
2.因…而受罚（苦, 损）; 因...而更糟; 受...之苦
Sometimes I still suffer from these weaknesses.
有时我还是在吃这些弱点的苦头。