Question

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。

Answer 1

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。