decrease+production

He applied a credit squeeze which put hundreds of thousands of small businesses in the red. (‘Daily Worker’) — Ограничение кредита, введенное Макмилланом, привело сотни тысяч мелких предприятий на край банкротства.

During the winter this excess water may become so bad as to decrease production at the same time increasing losses, tending to put the brickplants in the red. (‘The British Clayworker’) — Зимой этот избыток воды может серьезно ухудшить положение: упадет производство, возрастут убытки, и кирпичные заводы окажутся под угрозой закрытия.

être en diminution — gén to be decreasing; [production, exportations] to be falling off

algunos bancos han disminuido en un 0,15% sus tipos de interés — some banks have reduced o brought down their interest rates by 0.15%

disminuyó la velocidad para tomar la curva — she slowed down o reduced her speed to go round the bend

esta medicina me disminuye las fuerzas — this medicine is making me weaker o sapping my strength

ha disminuido la tasa de natalidad — the birth rate has decreased o dropped o fallen

el número de asistentes ha disminuido últimamente — attendance has decreased o dropped o fallen recently

ya le está disminuyendo la fiebre — his temperature is dropping o falling now

el paro disminuyó en un 0,3% — unemployment dropped o fell by 0.3%

con esta pastilla te disminuirá el dolor — this tablet will relieve o ease your pain

disminuyó la intensidad del viento — the wind died down o dropped

disminuyó la intensidad del viento — the wind died down o dropped

Ex: Library use declines during the June-October period when examinations have finished and the students are on vacation.

to be in decline — estar* en declive or en decadencia

to go into a decline — entrar en decadencia; ( Med) empezar* a empeorar

I invited him, but he declined — lo invité, pero rehusó or declinó mi invitación

to fall into decline — [industry, town] entrar en decadencia, entrar en declive

to go into a decline — (Med) ir debilitándose

to decline to do sth — rehusar hacer algo, declinar hacer algo frm

to be in decline — estar* en declive or en decadencia

to go into a decline — entrar en decadencia; ( Med) empezar* a empeorar

I invited him, but he declined — lo invité, pero rehusó or declinó mi invitación

medidas encaminadas a reducir el número de parados — measures designed to reduce o bring down o cut the number of unemployed

han reducido las listas de espera en los hospitales — they have reduced o cut hospital waiting lists

• reducir algo en algo — to reduce sth by sth, cut sth by sth

tenemos que reducir la producción en un 20% — we have to reduce o cut production by 20%

• reducir a la mínima expresión — to reduce to the bare minimum

• reducir algo al mínimo — to reduce o cut sth to the minimum

• reducir algo a la mitad — to cut sth by half

han reducido la mili a nueve meses — they have reduced o cut military service to nine months

• reducir algo a algo —

• reducir a algn a la obediencia — to bring sb to heel

• reducir a algn al silencio — [por la fuerza, por miedo] to silence sb; [por vergüenza, humillación] to reduce sb to silence

reducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum

le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence

reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form

reducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum

le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence

reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form

Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

Ex: In order to test the robustness of their univariate and multivariate tests, multiple regressions were performed on 3 criteria: scientific productivity, citation impact, and individual performance index.

baisser la tête — ( par précaution) to lower one's head; ( vivement) to duck one's head; (par soumission, de honte) to bow

baisser les bras — lit to lower one's arms; fig to give up

baisser le nez — fig to hang one's head

baisser d'un ton — (colloq) [personne] fig to calm down

faire baisser [température, niveau, taux] — to bring down

cut one's finger/leg — sich (Dat. od. Akk.) in den Finger/ins Bein schneiden

he cut himself on broken glass — er hat sich an einer Glasscherbe geschnitten

the remark cut him to the quick — (fig.) die Bemerkung traf ihn ins Mark

cut one's ties or links — alle Verbindungen abbrechen

cut no ice with somebody — (fig. coll.) keinen Eindruck auf jemanden machen

cut (p.p.) flowers — Schnittblumen

cut one's nails — sich (Dat.) die Nägel schneiden

cut a key — einen Schlüssel feilen od. anfertigen

cut figures in wood/stone — Figuren aus Holz schnitzen/aus Stein hauen

cut both ways — (fig.) ein zweischneidiges Schwert sein (fig.)

cut through or across the field/park — [quer] über das Feld/durch den Park gehen