一分鐘英語 第163期:Boils Down To 歸結爲

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Liquid boils when it is heated to a certain temperature. Boils Down To This

液體在加熱到一定溫度時會沸騰。歸結爲。

So, Jonathan and Anna are probably talking about cooking. Or are they?

所以，喬納森和安娜很有可能正在討論烹飪。是這樣麼？

I got a job offer.

我得到了一個工作機會。

That's great. Congratulations!

很棒啊。恭喜你！

Thanks. But the job is in California. All my friends and family are here in D.C.

謝謝。但是這個工作是在加利福尼亞。我所有的朋友和家人都在華盛頓這裏。

Look, it boils down to this:

你看，這個問題歸結爲：

Do you really want to move all the way across the country for a job, or not?

你真的想不遠萬里去工作嗎，還是不想？

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When you boil something down, you remove liquid from it and reduce it to a concentrated form.

當你熬東西的時候，你要把裏面的液體蒸發掉，然後把它製成濃縮狀態。

That's in cooking.

這是在烹飪中的意思。

But in conversation, when you boil something down, you get to the most important part of a problem or a situation.

但是在對話中，當你boil something down時，就是說你直指某個問題或者某種狀況最重要的部分。

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