come down to

英 [kʌm daʊn tu]

美 [kʌm daʊn tu]

（问题、决定等）归结为

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (问题、决定等)归结为
  If a problem, decision, or questioncomes down toa particular thing, that thing is the most important factor involved.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

双语例句

• I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free.
  他们悲叹的声音，我也听见了。
• The lovers are living in a kind of dreamworld; but one day they'll come down to earth.
  这对情侣现在正生活在梦幻中，总有一天他们会回到现实中来。
• When you come down to it, however, the basic problems of life have not changed
  然而，归根结底，生活中一些基本的问题还是没有变。
• The custom has come down to us from our ancestors.
  这一习俗是从祖辈相传下来的。
• Bill was sitting and daydreaming so his mother told him to come down to earth and to do his homework.
  比尔坐着空想，他母亲要他面对现实，去做课外作业。
• After the euphoria of yesterday's celebrations, the country will come down to earth today.
  经过昨天热烈的庆祝之后，这个国家今天将会回到现实中来。
• It may come down to branding issues, control, or job security; we just don't know.
  它可以归结为品牌问题、控制或就业保障；问题出在哪里我真的不知道。
• Stories about the Nile have come down to us.
  有关尼罗河的故事传到了我们这一代。
• Could you come down to have a look at them?
  你能来警局核实一下吗？
• What I have come down to be, since I first saw you in this house!
  自我头一次在这个家里见到你后，我堕落成什么样子了！