归结 (guī jié) — to sum up; to boil down (to); to conclude (often in 归结为 or 归结于)
Definition
归结 means to boil something down to a cause or essence, often in 归结为/于. Unlike 总结 (general summary) or 归纳 (inductive reasoning), it points to a single underlying cause.
verb
to sum upto boil down (to)to conclude (often in 归结为 or 归结于)
Examples
- 归结。Yuán yīn kě yǐ guī jié wéi liǎng gè zhǔ yào yīn sù.The reasons can be boiled down to two main factors.
- 归结：“”。Tā de huà guī jié qǐ lái jiù shì yí jù huà: "jiān chí dào dǐ".What he said boils down to one sentence: 'Persevere to the end.'
- 归结。Zhè ge wèn tí de gēn yuán guī jié yú gōu tōng bù zú.The root cause of this problem boils down to insufficient communication.
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