boil down to

英 [bɔɪl daʊn tu]

美 [bɔɪl daʊn tu]

重点是; 将…归结为

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG 重点是；将…归结为
  If you say that a situation or problemboils down toa particular thing or canbe boiled down toa particular thing, you mean that this is the most important or the most basic aspect of it.
  1. What they want boils down to just one thing. It is land...
     他们说穿了就是想要一样东西，那就是土地。
  2. For Malcolm work could always be boiled down to one idea: being good in business.
     对于马尔科姆来说，工作归根结底就是要取得好的业绩。

双语例句

• Its elements are many and do not boil down to "utility" or some cash-value equivalent.
  它由许多部分组成，人们不能只归结它为一定的功效又或者某种等同于金钱价值的存在。
• Of course, at least in Python, the verification or enforcement of declared rules will always boil down to procedural checks.
  当然，起码在Python中，声明规则的验证和增强总是会归结为过程式检查。
• The explanations for the rise that never came might boil down to teething troubles.
  没有出现预期的上涨，其原因可以归结为万事开头难。
• Most political rows and scandals boil down to oil or gas.
  政客们常争得面红耳赤，互相揭短，为的也无非就是石油和天然气。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I think, learning English can boil down to three simple ingredients: persistence, proper ways and good teachers.
  我，学习英语能总结为三个简单的因素：，的方法和好的老师。
• The reasons for the gap boil down to this: smartphone screens are so tiny that browsing products online and entering credit card information is a pain.
  总体而言，造成这种差距的原因是：智能手机屏幕过小，浏览商品和输入信用卡信息对消费者来说是痛苦的体验。
• They boil down to one phrase: freedom of religious belief.
  归纳为一句话就是：宗教信仰自由。