The simple and rough cultivating way of the parents in the street all day. 父母简单粗暴的教育方式迫使他们的儿子整日流落街头. 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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1. The simple and rough cultivating way of the parents in the street all day. (reduce)

父母简单粗暴的教育方式迫使他们的儿子整日流落街头。

1. reduced their son to hanging about考查reduce的用法。reduce sb. to doing sth.使某人沦落到做某事的地步。可用于类似结构的动词还有adapt、adjust ^devote _N apply _x limit^ accustom restrict等。

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