词：boil down to
英英释义：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.
字典查询：
1[PHRASAL VERB-ERG ] 重点是；将…归结为；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...他们说穿了就是想要一样东西，那就是土地。
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。
口语中可以使用的句型：
It all boils down to one thing/question：....
相似的死：come down to
1[PHRASAL VERB 短语动词] (问题、决定等)归结为；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...
沃尔特·克劳利说，归根结底就是钱的问题。
I think that it comes down to the fact that people do feel very dependent on their automobile...
我认为归根结底就是人们的确十分依赖汽车。
What it comes down to is, there are bad people out there, and somebody has to deal with them.
归根究底，就是有坏人存在，必须有人去对付他们。
1）翻译下面的句子：
这场争论归根结底是伦理问题而不是法律问题。
This dispute/controversy/argument boils down to an ethical problem/issue rather than a legal problem/issue
（参考翻译：The argument boils down to ethics rather than laws.）
造句：
他的公司倒闭后，身边曾经对他和善的人们不再如此了，而是既冷漠又没有耐心。他身上发生的这些归根到底就是一件事：对他们来说，他没有利用价值了。
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.
