| 短语 | boil down |
| 释义 | boil down 1. boil down to sth informalif a long statement, argument etc boils down to a single statement, that statement is the main point or cause要点是某事，归结为某事:•It boils down to a question of priorities.归根到底是事情轻重缓急的问题。2. boil sth ↔ down to make a list or piece of writing shorter by not including anything that is not necessary压缩〔清单或文章〕:•You can boil this down so that there are just two main categories.你可以把它压缩一下，只分两个大类。3. if a food or liquid boils down, or if you boil it down, it becomes less after it is cooked煮稠，浓缩，缩掉:•Spinach tends to boil down a lot.菠菜一煮就会缩掉许多。boil sth ↔ down •glue made from boiling down old sheepskins用旧羊皮熬制的胶水ˌboil ˈdown|ˌboil sth↔ˈdownto be reduced or to reduce sth by boiling（使）煮浓，熬浓boil down1. be reduced by boiling 煮浓 * These apples will soon boil down to jelly. 这些苹果不久就会煮成果酱了。2. be reduced to its real meaning; mean; summarise 意味着；归结为；使缩短 * You can boil down the story to a few sentences. 你可以用几句话来概括这个故事。 * What the foreign minister said boiled down to the rejection of the proposal. 外交部长的话意味着拒绝这项建议。 * The whole discussion boils down to the question of whether the government should fix prices. 整个讨论归结到政府是否应当规定价格。boil down1.(把某物)煮浓;煮缩：Mother boiled down the mutton soup and then added in some sauce.妈妈把羊肉汤煮浓，然后又加入一些酱油。2.(文章、报告等)缩减;摘要：That article is rather long and tedious，it can be boiled down to two hundred words.这篇文章颇为冗长，它可以被缩减成200字。 |
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