英语单词短语词组“meat and potatoes”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

meat and potatoes

idiom

the mostimportantorbasicpartsof something:

…最重要的部分；…最基本的部分

Teachers have a lot to do, buttimespentin theclassroomis themeatandpotatoesof theprofession.老师们有许多事情要做，但是，把时间花在课堂上是其职业的最重要部分。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Important and essential things

-based
amenity
bare
be-all
big league
focal point
foreground
fulcrum
fundament
grandaddy
heavyweight
hot button
imperative
need
nexus
nub
nucleus
precondition
the grandaddy ofsomethingidiom
the name of the gameidiom

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meat-and-potatoes

adjective[before noun]

/ˌmiːt.ən.pəˈteɪ.təʊz/us

/ˌmiːt.ən.pəˈteɪ.t̬oʊz/

morebasicorimportantthan other things:

基本的；根本的；重要的

For manyunions, the meat-and-potatoesissueis nolongerpayincreasesbutjobsecurity.许多工会面临的主要问题已不再是加薪，而是工作安全保障。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Essential or necessary

basically
basis
be a question ofdoing somethingidiom
box ticking
business-critical
dependence
elemental
if need beidiom
if/when push comes to shoveidiom
incumbent
indispensable
inhere insomething
necessity
need
needed
needful
non-discretionary
owe
symbiotically
warrant

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(Definition ofmeat and potatoesfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

meat-and-potatoes| American Dictionary

meat-and-potatoes

adjective

/ˈmit ən pəˈteɪ·t̬oʊz/

basicandimportant:

Taxes are a meat-and-potatoesissuefor mostvoters.

Examplesofmeat and potatoes

meat and potatoes

If they're ameat-and-potatoesperson, eating healthy may be reducing the amount of meat that they're consuming.

FromLos Angeles Times

Because the site is relatively unmoderated, work that is more speculative and earlier-stage appears in the feed alongsidemeat-and-potatoespapers cataloging new exoplanet discoveries.

FromWIRED

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

单词	meat and potatoes
释义	meat and potatoes idiom US the mostimportantorbasicpartsof something: …最重要的部分；…最基本的部分 Teachers have a lot to do, buttimespentin theclassroomis themeatandpotatoesof theprofession.老师们有许多事情要做，但是，把时间花在课堂上是其职业的最重要部分。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Important and essential things -based amenity bare be-all big league focal point foreground fulcrum fundament grandaddy heavyweight hot button imperative need nexus nub nucleus precondition the grandaddy ofsomethingidiom the name of the gameidiom See more results » meat-and-potatoes adjective[before noun] US uk /ˌmiːt.ən.pəˈteɪ.təʊz/us /ˌmiːt.ən.pəˈteɪ.t̬oʊz/ morebasicorimportantthan other things: 基本的；根本的；重要的 For manyunions, the meat-and-potatoesissueis nolongerpayincreasesbutjobsecurity.许多工会面临的主要问题已不再是加薪，而是工作安全保障。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Essential or necessary basically basis be a question ofdoing somethingidiom box ticking business-critical dependence elemental if need beidiom if/when push comes to shoveidiom incumbent indispensable inhere insomething necessity need needed needful non-discretionary owe symbiotically warrant See more results » (Definition ofmeat and potatoesfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) meat-and-potatoes\| American Dictionary meat-and-potatoes adjective us /ˈmit ən pəˈteɪ·t̬oʊz/ basicandimportant: Taxes are a meat-and-potatoesissuefor mostvoters. (Definition ofmeat-and-potatoesfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press) Examplesofmeat and potatoes meat and potatoes If they're ameat-and-potatoesperson, eating healthy may be reducing the amount of meat that they're consuming. FromLos Angeles Times Because the site is relatively unmoderated, work that is more speculative and earlier-stage appears in the feed alongsidemeat-and-potatoespapers cataloging new exoplanet discoveries. FromWIRED These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/meat-and-potatoes##
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