詞:boil down to
英英釋義:to be the main reason for something or the most basic part of something
例句:Big, sweeping life changes really boil down to small, everyday decisions.
字典查詢:
1[PHRASAL VERB-ERG ] 重點(diǎn)是饱搏;將…歸結(jié)為痕囱;If you say that a situation or problem boils down to a particular thing or can be boiled down to a particular thing, you mean that this is the most important or the most basic aspect of it. [V P P n] [be V-ed P P n]
What they want boils down to just one thing. It is land...他們說穿了就是想要一樣?xùn)|西,那就是土地辖源。
For Malcolm work could always be boiled down to one idea: being good in business.
對(duì)于馬爾科姆來說,工作歸根結(jié)底就是要取得好的業(yè)績(jī)希太。
口語中可以使用的句型:
It all boils down to one thing/question:....
相似的死:come down to
1[PHRASAL VERB 短語動(dòng)詞] (問題克饶、決定等)歸結(jié)為;If a problem, decision, or question comes down to a particular thing, that thing is the most important factor involved. [V P P n] [it V P P n]
Walter Crowley says the problem comes down to money...
沃爾特·克勞利說誊辉,歸根結(jié)底就是錢的問題矾湃。
I think that it comes down to the fact that people do feel very dependent on their automobile...
我認(rèn)為歸根結(jié)底就是人們的確十分依賴汽車。
What it comes down to is, there are bad people out there, and somebody has to deal with them.
歸根究底堕澄,就是有壞人存在邀跃,必須有人去對(duì)付他們霉咨。
1)翻譯下面的句子:
這場(chǎng)爭(zhēng)論歸根結(jié)底是倫理問題而不是法律問題。
This dispute/controversy/argument boils down to an ethical problem/issue rather than a legal problem/issue
(參考翻譯:The argument boils down to ethics rather than laws.)
造句:
他的公司倒閉后坞嘀,身邊曾經(jīng)對(duì)他和善的人們不再如此了躯护,而是既冷漠又沒有耐心。他身上發(fā)生的這些歸根到底就是一件事:對(duì)他們來說丽涩,他沒有利用價(jià)值了棺滞。
After the bankruptcy of his company, people around him, who were previously friendly, begin to treat him with indifference and impatience. What has happened could be boiled down to one thing: he seems no use to them now.