Definition
归结 (guī jié) means 'to boil down to' or 'to sum up as' — it focuses on reducing something to its core essence, often used in the patterns 归结为 or 归结于. Unlike 总结 (zǒng jié 'to summarize'), which is a general recap of content, 归结 implies a distillation to a fundamental point. It also differs from 归纳 (guī nà 'to inductively summarize'), which is about inferring a general rule from specific cases.
verb
to sum upto boil down (to)to conclude (often in 归结为 or 归结于)
Examples
- 归结。Yuányīn kěyǐ guī jié wéi liǎng gè zhǔyào yīnsù.The reasons can be boiled down to two main factors.
- 归结：“”。Tā de huà guī jié qǐlái jiù shì yí jù huà: “jiānchí dàodǐ”.What he said boils down to one sentence: 'Persevere to the end.'
- 归结。Zhège wèntí de gēnyuán guī jié yú gōutōng bùzú.The root cause of this problem boils down to insufficient communication.
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