boil down
phrasal verbboil down | boil something down
- to be reduced or to reduce something by boiling
（使）煮浓，熬浓
boil something down (to something)
- to make something, especially information, shorter by leaving out the parts that are not important
概括；归纳；压缩 - The original speech I had written got boiled down to about ten minutes.
我写的演讲原稿被压缩到了大约十分钟。
- The original speech I had written got boiled down to about ten minutes.