| 单词 | boil down |
| 释义 | boil down (once / 6074 pages) v When you boil down something, you get it down to its essence. A summary of a book should boil down the story to the main idea. In cooking, it literally means to reduce liquid by boiling off the water. As you boil down a sauce, stew, pudding, or other dish, you decrease the water or other liquid in it — it evaporates in the steam rising from your pan. Another way to say this is that you reduce the sauce. Cooks do this to make something thicker and more flavorful. You can also use the phrase to mean become, or be, essentially one basic thing: "Our disagreement boils down to this: I just can't stand scary movies and you love them." WORD FAMILYboil down: boiled down, boiling down, boils down USAGE EXAMPLESThe humanitarian crisis continues to unfold, yet talk about refugees gets boiled down to sound bites and fearmongering. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) Here, the research boiled down to a fascinating question: How much incentive does the audience’s imagination need to spark theater? Los Angeles Times(Dec 19, 2016) Goldberg says that while she enjoys the flexibility of free agency, the real reason she juggles so many gigs boils down to money. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) 1v cook until very little liquid is left Syn|Hyper concentrate, reduce decrease, lessen, minify make smaller 2v be cooked until very little liquid is left Syn|Hyper concentrate, decoct, reduce decrease, diminish, fall, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range 3v be the essential element The proposal boils down to a compromise Syn|Hyper come down, reduce become, turn undergo a change or development |
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