boil down to

基本解釋

These units boil down to number, weight, or volume.
這些單位都歸結為數字，重量或者體積。
It could simply boil down to a lack of opportunity: Women still earn less than men working the same jobs and are underrepresented in the boardroom.
這可以簡單地歸結為：機會的缺少。同樣的工作中婦女的收入仍舊比男性少，在董事會中的席位也如此。
Do not boil down to these unnecessary things, do not disdain those on the side of the little bit, because bit by bit in this matter behind it is included in your teacher's respect and recognition.
不要把這些歸結為無謂的小事，不要不屑于身邊的這些點點滴滴，因為在這點滴小事的背后，包含的正是你對老師的尊重和肯定。

You are going to take this entire issue and boil it down to 30 second ads."
Selection sort too really reduces to a total number of comparisons because I'm again comparing the current smallest to the next thing I see, the next thing, so really a lot of these sorting algorithms boil down to comparisons and the numbers that you actually have to make.
選擇排序也可歸納為總數的比較,因為要將當前最小者與下一個進行比較,接著再下一個，可見,很多排序算法都可歸結為比較,以及需要比較的次數。
哈佛公開課 - 計算機科學課程節(jié)選
That's what it's all going to boil down to.
這就是這節(jié)課的最重要的要求
耶魯公開課 - 基礎物理課程節(jié)選

They boil down to this: We exclude brokerage costs because we've always excluded brokerage costs.
FORBES: Hidden Expenses

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.