boil down

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To reduce in volume by boiling. intransitive,transitive
    — He boiled the soup down so it wouldn't be so weak.
  2. To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action). intransitive
    — So what this boils down to is that you still owe me that fifty bucks.
  3. To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action). transitive
    — My dissertation is 342 pages long, and I'm required to boil it down to a one-page abstract?!

词形变化

boils down present,singular,third-person boiling down participle,present boiled down participle,past boiled down past

词源

As an allusion to the technique of reduction or decreasing liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
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