| 释义 |
boil down
1．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。 |