reducible
adjective uk/rɪˈdʒuː.sə.bəl/ us/rɪˈduː.sə.bəl/
可减少的，可缩减的
able to be made simpler, or smaller in size, amount, degree, importance, etc.
Some risks are reducible, others are in the hands of fate. 有些风险是可以降低的，有些则掌握在命运的手中。
The name Cassandra is reducible to "Sandy" and Lucinda to "Cindy". Cassandra这个名字可以简化为“Sandy” ，Lucinda则可以简化为“Cindy”。
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- Some problems of ageing are socially and psychologically constructed and may be reducible.
- The world of experience is reducible to a few basic laws.
- Empedocles argued that everything was fundamentally reducible to the elements earth, water, air and fire.