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

• These facts boil down to very little significance.
  这些事实没有多大意义。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。