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

• Please boil down these documents for me!
  请帮我把这些文档的内容归纳一下！
• He wrote a lot in his letter, which can boil down to it that he felt very sorry for his absence.
  他在信里写了很多，归结为一句话，他为他没有能来表示歉意。
• 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 all, they boil down to ten problems, or ten major relationships.
  综合起来，一共有十个问题，也就是十大关系。
• Its elements are many and do not boil down to "utility" or some cash-value equivalent.
  它由许多部分组成，人们不能只归结它为一定的功效又或者某种等同于金钱价值的存在。
• Most of the crimes may boil down to a question of money.
  大多数犯罪归结起来可以说都是金钱问题。
• The plums heaped up in the pan will boil down in a very short time.
  堆在锅里的梅子一煮就会少下去的。
• What it all seemed to boil down to was money.
  这一切归结起来似乎就是一个“钱”字。
• The explanations for the rise that never came might boil down to teething troubles.
  没有出现预期的上涨，其原因可以归结为万事开头难。
• These facts boil down to very little significance.
  这些事实没有多大意义。