boil down

phrasal verbphr v

a) boil down to something informal if a long statement, argument etc boils down to a single statement, that statement is the main point or cause 要点是，归结为

It boils down to a question of priorities.

归根到底是事情轻重缓急的问题。

b) boil something ↔ downREDUCE to make a list or piece of writing shorter by not including anything that is not necessary 压缩，简化〔清单或文章〕

You can boil this down so that there are just two main categories.

你可以把这个压缩到只有两大类。

c) DFCif 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.

菠菜一煮会缩掉许多。

boil something ↔ down

glue made from boiling down old sheepskins

用旧羊皮熬制的胶水

Examples from the Corpus

boil down to something• Tackling these more stubborn obstacles will boil down to better schools and plain old dollars and cents.• But by any measure, the Republican presidential campaign right now boils down to Dole and Forbes.• The real problem boils down to identifying the nature of the problem itself.• The Grid boils down to only five behaviour patterns - the four extremes and the middle one.• Love boils down to pheromones, it says.• To Smolan, the decision to leave so late in the game boiled down to quality.• Honestly, it does all just boil down to the need to learn something.• In the end, the case will boil down to whether the jury believes Smith or not.• It boils down to whether you think the extra features and quality are worth the extra money.

→ boil down at boil1(PHRASAL VERB)

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boil down

Cook food or be cooked: bake, barbecue, baste...

To write or give a summary: summarize, sum up, outline...

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