1. Cost reduction programs are often triggered by a drop in profits. 提出降低成本计划，往往是由利润下降引起的。
2. A cost reduction program can be regarded as a continuous campaign to solicit change. 可以把降低成本规划看作是引发改革的一个不断继续的运动。
3. If the world were run by economists, deficit reduction would be a very complicated balancing act. 如果世界由经济学家来管理，减少赤字会是一个非常复杂的平衡游戏。
英英解释
n.
1. the act of decreasing or reducing something
2. any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen
3. the act of reducing complexity
