reduce to “降低到……,减少到……”,介词to后面接的是最终的结果,也就是最后的位置或程度。 例如:
The temperature is 36 degrees,but it will be reduced to 20 degrees in the night.
现在气温40度,但是夜间将会降低到20度。
reduce by “降低了……,减少了“,介词by后面跟降低或减少的具体幅度。例如:
He weighed 75 kilos last month, and now his weight has been reduced by 10 kilos.他上个月75公斤,现在减了10公斤。(现在是65公斤)