subtract

动词 subtract:

1. make a subtraction
   同义词：deduct, take off

1. At this age, you should be able to subtract one fraction from another.
   在你这个年龄，你应该会演算分数减法了。
2. After subtracting food and energy costs, which can vary widely each month, the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods still rose at a moderately fast clip of four-tenths of1 percent, compared with a two-tenth rises in April.
   减去食物与能源的费用以后——这两项每月可能大幅变动——成品制造价格指数仍以略快的速度攀升百分零点四，相形之下，四月份仅上升零点二。
3. If you subtract 2 from 8, you get 6.
   8减去2是6。