boil down
UK
boil [sth] down, boil down [sth] vtr phrasal sep: (liquid: reduce) (液体)
SC 把 ... 煮稠，把…煮浓
The cook boiled the drippings down to a rich gravy.
厨师将汁水煮到浓稠。
boil down vi phrasal: (liquid: be reduced) (液体)
SC 浓缩，煮浓 nóng suō
TC 濃縮
TC 濃縮
Heat the water until it boils down to a volume of about 10ml.
将水加热，煮至剩余大约10毫升。
boil down to [sth] vi phrasal + prep: figurative, informal (be essentially)
SC 归结为 guī jié wéi
TC 歸結為
TC 歸結為
SC 归根结底到
What it all boils down to is a failure to plan.
这一切都归结于计划的失败。
boil [sth] down, boil down [sth] vtr phrasal sep: figurative (information, argument: reduce) (信息，论点)
SC 缩短，压缩 suō duǎn，yā suō
TC 縮短，壓縮
TC 縮短，壓縮
If you boil down Machiavelli's philosophy, he is saying that the end justifies the means.
如果归纳一下马基雅维利的哲学，他所表达的是目的决定手段。
boil it down, boil it all down v expr: figurative (reduce to essence)
SC 精简 jīng jiǎn
SC 压缩 jīng jiǎn，yā suō
TC 壓縮
TC 壓縮
When you boil it all down, you have two choices: In or out.