re-double /.rii'dAbl/ verb [VN] to increase
sth or make it stronger jjp ; if jjp ; 1)W : The leading banks are
expected to redouble their
efforts to keep the value of the dollar down. ACI®i+# Ai&fT
0
redoubled enthusiasm fgjjp^'lf re-doubt /n'daut/ noun *1 (literary) a place or situation
in which sb/sth is protected when they are being attacked or threatened M 0
it PJf ; Mi 2a small building from which soldiers
can fight and defend themselves
re-doubt-able /ri'dautabl/ adj. (formal) if a person is redoubtable, they have very
strong qualities that make you respect them and perhaps feel afraid of them 4“
A BCCI
FORMIDABLE
redound /ri'daund/ verb rflTiFI re dound to sth
(formal) to improve the
impression that people have of you gfcj®, Slifti ( ) : Their defeat redounds to the
glory of those whom they
attacked. ftMH W A!$$!ii5TIP
,red 'panda noun = panda(2)
,red 'pepper noun 1 [C, U] a hollow red
fruit that is eaten, raw or cooked, as a vegetable 2 [U] (especially NAmE) =
re-draft /,ri:'dra:ft; NAmE
-‘drseft/ verb [VN] to write an article, a letter, etc. again in order
to improve it or make changes ►' re-draft noun
re-draw/,ri:‘dra:/ verb( re-drew/-'dru:/,
re-drawn /-'drain/)
[VN] to make changes to sth such as the borders of a country or region, a plan,
an arrangement, etc. JcStM Ik, ( iilf, i+M, ) :
After the war the
map of
re-dress verb, noun
m verb /ri'dres/ [VN] (formal) to correct sth that is unfair or wrong
|t]jE; IE; t&IE ETITl put right • to redress an injustice IE A £ ITSTTC1 redress the 'balance to make a situation equal or fair again
U; IITI
mnoun /ri'dres; 'riidres/ [U] ~ (for/against sth) (formal) payment, etc. that you
should get for sth wrong that has happened to you or harm that you have
suffered jig ; gl A J© fw ECTfl compensation : to seek legal redress for unfair
dismissal 0
to have little prospect
of redress red-skin /'redskin/ noun (old-fashioned, taboo, offensive) = Red Indian
,red 'tape noun [U]
(disapproving) official rules that
seem more complicated than necessary and prevent things from being done quickly
1g;fc:H#15;
From the custom of tying up official
documents with red or pink tape. «
'red-top
noun (BrE, informal) a British tabloid newspaper, whose name is
in red at the top of the front page ( )
HAMft/frM
re duce 0-w /ri'djuis; NAmE-'du:s/ verb 1 [VN] - sth (from sth) (to sth) | ~ sth (by sth) to make sth less or
smaller in size, quantity, price, etc. [$'>, If /fr ( ffciL 1ft ) : Reduce speed now (= on a
sign). 0 Costs have been reduced by 20% over
the past year. E^M77 20%o o
Giving up smoking reduces the risk of heart disease. $c:l0
O The number of employees was reduced from 40 to 25. JjSMAf£/A 40 AM7fJ7
25 Ac o The skirt was reduced to £10
in the sale. £ AMift$3 la], &&M7 MfftPJ 10 2 [VN,
V] if
you reduce a
liquid or a liquid reduces, you boil it so that it
becomes less in quantity ( ) M'k 3 [V] (NAmE, informal) to lose
weight by limiting the
amount and type of food that you eat M $5 # 36 ; 15 & : a reducing plan
15 ^ if #J 4 [VN] (chemistry {fc) to add one or more
electrons to a substance
or to remove oxygen from a
substance {£££ jj^ —compare oxidize ITSTBil re
duced ‘circumstances the state of being poorer than you were
before. People say ‘living in reduced circumstances’ to avoid saying ‘poor’. ( ^ ^ poor |f] X ) it U A
665
dHkljJ re duce sb/sth (from sth) to sth/to
doing sth
[usually passive] to force sb/sth into a particular state or
condition, usually a worse one f>gpgA ( Mil'll ) jig ; ^PSA^it: a
beautiful building reduced to rubble B0 She was reduced to tears
by their criticisms. jfejn7 BIS 0 0 They
were reduced to begging in the streets.
frto re duce sth to sth to change sth to a
more general or more simple form #••• MIS)
: We can reduce the problem to two main issues. VJ.
redu cible /ri'djuisabl; NAmE -'du:s-/ adj. ~ to sth (formal) that
can be described or considered simply as sth aimit (ft: The problem is not reducible to one of money.
re-duc-tio
ad ab-sur-dum /ri.dAktiao aed aeb'sardam; NAmE -tiou/ noun [U, C] (philosophy ^) (from Latin) a method of proving
that sth is not true by showing that its result is not logical or sensible IBW&;
re duc tion
/ri'dAkJn/
noun 1 [C, U] ~ (in sth) an act of making sth
less or smaller; the state of being made less or smaller 'jfc'p; If /fr;
^ : a 33% reduction in the number
of hospital
beds available HE ^ (ft 'J> 33% o There has been
some reduction in
unemployment. o
a
slight/significant/substantial/drastic reduction in costs * ft ft ffis *.[C] an
amount of money by which sth
is made cheaper Mfft; tfrfO: There
are reductions for children sharing a room with two adults. ^7fnW7AA^H ^|a]J^ „
3 [C] a copy of a
photograph, map, picture, etc. that is made smaller than the original one ( M , [H
) If®, E22 enlargement 4 (chemistry it) the fact of adding one
or more electrons to a
substance or of removing oxygen from
a substance — compare oxidation at
oxidize
re-duc-tion-ism
/ri'dAkJamzam/
noun [U] (formal, often disapproving) the belief that
complicated things can be explained by considering them as a combination of
simple parts Mifcifc; fti#-ifc3ife; ilJAife ► reductionist /-ist/ adj., noun
re-duc-tive /ri'dAktiv/
adj. (formal, often disapproving) that tries to explain
sth complicated by considering it as a combination of simple parts ftiffciftltft;
fiUH?&(ft;
re dun dancy /ri'dAndansi/ noun (pi. -ies) 1 [U, C, usually pi.] (BrE) the situation when sb
has to leave their job because there is no more work available for them ( @
)
$cM, jM.: Thousands of factory workers are facing
redundancy. Kt 7 £ I i A ffi lira ic tk0
O to accept/take voluntary redundancy (= to offer to leave your job) o the threat of compul
sory redundancies 5® tli!j M M
or technical A ip) the state of not being
necessary or useful M%t: Natural language is characterized by redundancy
(= words are used that are not really necessary for sb to understand the
meaning), i
re dun dant /ri'dAndant/ adj. 1 (BrE) (of a person A) without
a job because there is no more work available for you in a company to be made redundant from your job 0 redundant
employees tk 1$ M X 2 not needed
or useful £ A (ft ; A fil 1c : The picture has too much redundant detail,
ii iH OS 7 A 0 W W Iffl 15 A £ „ ► re-dun-dant-ly
adv.
re du pli cate /,ri:'dju:plikeit; NAmE -'du:-/ verb
[V, VN] to make a copy of sth in order to form another of the same kind %
$ij ; jjp M : These cells are able to reduplicate themselves.
,red
'wine noun 1 [U, C] wine that gets
its red colour from the skins of the grapes
II IS ^ M 2 [C] a glass of red wine — iFUfj— compare rose,
white wine
red-wood /'redwud/
noun 1 [C] a very tall type
of tree that grows especially in