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

• 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。
• So in an uncertain economy, staying Agile may well boil down to reaffirming trust relationships.
  所以在一个不确定的经济环境中，坚持敏捷也可能再次肯定信任关系。
• The plums in the pan will boil down in a short time.
  锅里的梅子煮一会就变稠。
• 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。
• He boils down red wine and uses what's left
  他把红酒熬稠后再用。
• Opinions boil down to a simple premise: If you are a tech-head you will hate it, if you are everyone else you will love it.
  所有评价可以简单归结为一个前提：如果你是一位电子产品迷你会讨厌它，如果你不在此列你会爱上它。
• Please boil down these documents for me!
  请帮我把这些文档的内容归纳一下！
• Boil down the article to a few sentences.
  把这篇文章简缩到只有几个句子。
• Third, the problems we face in China's economy can all boil down to structural problems, crude mode of growth and institutional problems.
  第三，中国经济发展中的问题，说到底是经济结构问题、经济增长方式问题和经济体制问题。