boil down to

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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

• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• And in a world where many high-stakes issues fundamentally boil down to science, this is clearly a problem.
  在一个任何高风险问题从基础上归结为科学的社会，这显然是一个问题。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• It seems to me to boil down to three precepts, two of which can be applied by others, and the third not.
  在我看来，这些经验可以归结为3条箴言，其中两条可以适用于其他人，而第3条无法复制。
• Most of the crimes may boil down to a question of money.
  大多数犯罪归结起来可以说都是金钱问题。
• From this list of thought-leading companies, the concept seems to boil down to this: "thought leader" is simply a new and unhelpful way of saying successful.
  从这个思想引领型公司名单中，似乎可以归结出这样一个概念：“思想领袖”只是一种新毫无用处的描述成功的新方式。