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boil (something) down
phrasal verb with boilverbuk /bɔɪl/ us /bɔɪl/
to heat a liquid or food so that part of it is turned into gas and its amount is reduced, or to be reduced in this way（使）煮浓;（使）熬浓
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Physical & chemical processes
absorbable
absorptive
absorptive capacity
absorptivity
acidification
endothermic reaction
excitation
excite
exergonic
exothermic
exothermic reaction
fermentation
impregnate
reabsorb
react
reboil
recondense
redox
scald
vaporize
boil something down
phrasal verb with boilverbuk /bɔɪl/ us /bɔɪl/
to reduce information, usually so that it contains only its most important parts: 压缩，简化
He had boiled down a lengthy report to just a few paragraphs.他已将大篇幅的报告压缩成了只有几段。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making smaller or less
abridgment
attenuate
attenuated
attenuating
attenuation
compress
contraction
dwindling
ease
ease someone's mindidiom
ease up/off
fall away
halve
reduce
reducible
reduction
resize
retreat
trough
tumble
boil down something | American Dictionary
boil down something
phrasal verb with boilverb[ I/T ]us/bɔɪl/
to reduce information, usually so that it contains only its most important part:
The boss wants me to boil down the ten-page sales report to one page.
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