boil down

英[bɔɪldaʊn] 美[bɔːɪldaʊn]
  • 浓缩；把...煮稠；简缩；节略
  • boil v.沸腾；煮沸；激动n.煮沸；翻滚；疖
  • down adv.向下prep.沿着...而下adj.向下的；消沉的；无礼的n.绒毛；汗毛v.击倒；打败；吞下；被抑制

详细释义

Verb:
  1. be the essential element;

    "The proposal boils down to a compromise"

  2. be cooked until very little liquid is left;

    "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

  3. cook until very little liquid is left;

    "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

双语例句

    1. We boiled down the chemicals to condense it.
      我们把它浓缩成化学物品并凝结。
    2. The Four-Way Test compresses ethical decisions down to something that can be hung on a small wall plaque.
      四大考验将道德判断浓缩到可以挂在墙上的一个小匾牌。
    3. Boil down the article to a few sentences.
      把这篇文章简缩到只有几个句子。

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