reduce、diminish、eliminate、decrease的区别

educe 强调在大小、程度或强度方面下降或减少,如：
The workers reduced their wage demands.工人们降低了他们在工资方面的要求.
The driver reduced the speed 司机降低了速度.
diminish 含有拿走、降低或消除的意思,如：
An occasional outburst didn't diminish my respect for her.偶尔的一次发火并未减少我对她的尊敬.
The warden's authority diminished after the revolt.典狱长的权威在动乱后下降了.
eliminate 不予考虑或忽略不期望的人或事物,如：
They eliminated all political opposition 他们忽略了所有的政治对手.
Eliminate the false and retain the true 去伪存真.
decrease 指稳定或逐步的减少：
Traffic decreases on holidays.节假日行人车辆减少了.
Lack of success decreases confidence.失败使信心渐减.