"Reduce to tears" nghĩa là gì?

"Reduce (one) to tears" -> nghĩa là khiến ai khóc/đau khổ; lăng mạ hoặc chọc tức ai phát khóc.

Ví dụ

I had no idea that watching this act of love and respect would reduce me to tears, but it did.

“What a sound. Some of his solos literally reduce me to tears. I love the idea of a guitar solo being lyrics to a song that aren’t written, and if there’s one player I could listen to all day and feel inspired by, it’s Derek Trucks.”

Stodola was alerted to the scale of the problem after a female employee of 16 or 17 was reduced to tears after abusive treatment from a customer. He spoke with other members of staff, and was appalled at the stories they told. The restaurant now has signs informing customers that abusive behaviour toward staff will not be tolerated (chịu đựng, nhân nhượng). “Do not be rude to them or you will be asked to leave. Every one of them is someone’s child — it could be your child.”

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