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Liquid boils when it is heated to a certain temperature. Boils Down To This
液体在加热到一定温度时会沸腾。归结为。
So, Jonathan and Anna are probably talking about cooking. Or are they?
所以,乔纳森和安娜很有可能正在讨论烹饪。是这样么?
I got a job offer.
我得到了一个工作机会。
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.
谢谢。但是这个工作是在加利福尼亚。我所有的朋友和家人都在华盛顿这里。
Look, it boils down to this:
你看,这个问题归结为:
Do you really want to move all the way across the country for a job, or not?
你真的想不远万里去工作吗,还是不想?
When you boil something down, you remove liquid from it and reduce it to a concentrated form.
当你熬东西的时候,你要把里面的液体蒸发掉,然后把它制成浓缩状态。
That's in cooking.
这是在烹饪中的意思。
But in conversation, when you boil something down, you get to the most important part of a problem or a situation.
但是在对话中,当你boil something down时,就是说你直指某个问题或者某种状况最重要的部分。
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