boil down

英 [bɔɪl daʊn]

美 [bɔɪl daʊn]

（液体或食物）煮稠; 把…熬稠

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柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG （液体或食物）煮稠；把…熬稠
  When youboil downa liquid or food, or when itboils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
  1. He boils down red wine and uses what's left...
     他把红酒熬稠后再用。
  2. This may seem a large quantity of mushrooms, but they do boil down considerably.
     这些蘑菇看上去很多，但一煮就没多少了。

英英释义

verb

• cook until very little liquid is left
  1. The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
  Synonym:reduceconcentrate
• be cooked until very little liquid is left
  1. The sauce should reduce to one cup
  Synonym:reducedecoctconcentrate
• be the essential element
  1. The proposal boils down to a compromise
  Synonym:reducecome down

双语例句

• Most political rows and scandals boil down to oil or gas.
  政客们常争得面红耳赤，互相揭短，为的也无非就是石油和天然气。
• We build prototypes for several reasons, all of which largely boil down to cost.
  我们因为一些原因构建产品原型，这些原因绝大多数出于成本的考虑。
• And in a world where many high-stakes issues fundamentally boil down to science, this is clearly a problem.
  在一个任何高风险问题从基础上归结为科学的社会，这显然是一个问题。
• It would be better if you boil down the facts to a short statement.
  如果你把事实做简单的陈述会更好。
• The plums in the pan will boil down in a short time.
  锅里的梅子煮一会就变稠。
• Boil down the article to a few sentences.
  把这篇文章简缩到只有几个句子。
• Please boil down these documents for me!
  请帮我把这些文档的内容归纳一下！
• SDRs are complex but they boil down to the international creation of money.
  特别提款权很复杂，但归结起来就是国际性的货币创造。
• I know there'd be a kettle on the boil down in the kitchen.
  我知道厨房里总有一壶烧开的水。
• In practice, it may boil down to this: Will China change?
  事实上，这可以归结成一个问题：中国会改变吗？