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

• The problems with database size boil down to a more fundamental problem, however.
  然而，数据库大小的问题还会引起更重大的问题。
• On Marx's Proposition of "All Productive Forces Boil Down to Natural Forces"
  马克思论一切生产力都归结为自然力命题分析
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Boil down the article to a few sentences.
  把这篇文章简缩到只有几个句子。
• 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。
• 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 the risk of hidden behind or to boil down to land management.
  和背后隐藏的风险，或归结为土地管理。