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单词 bread and butter
释义
bread and butter
noun[U]
uk
/ˌbred ən ˈbʌt.ər/us
/ˌbred ən ˈbʌt̬.ɚ/
yourbread and butter
ajoboractivitythatprovidesyou with themoneyyou need tolive:
谋生的职业；谋生之道
Gardening is mybreadandbutterrightnow.眼下园艺工作是我的谋生之道。
Synonym
livelihood
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livingnoun
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Earning money
  • (your)(daily) breadidiom
  • assessable
  • bank
  • base pay
  • basic
  • basic income
  • benefits package
  • feel the pinchidiom
  • hand over fistidiom
  • in arrearsidiom
  • lineyourpocket(s)idiom
  • livelihood
  • pay packet
  • pull
  • pullsomethingdown
  • rakesomethingin
  • remonetize
  • remuneration
  • shift
  • sick pay
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bread-and-butter
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌbred ən ˈbʌt.ər/us
/ˌbred ən ˈbʌt̬.ɚ/
basicandrelatingdirectlyto most people'sneedsandinterests:
Health andeducationare thekindof bread-and-butterissuesthatpeoplevoteon.医药卫生和教育之类有关民生的基本问题是人们投票时所关注的。
Mostpeoplearefocusedonordinary, bread-and-butterconcerns.
More examples
  • Thegovernorisemphasizingthe bread-and-butterpriorities.
  • Ordinarypeoplecareabout bread-and-butterissues.
  • The company’s bread-and-butterbusinessisprintersandink.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
General
  • abstract
  • abstraction
  • abstractly
  • across-the-board
  • all-purpose
  • broad
  • broadness
  • by and largeidiom
  • chiefly
  • general
  • generalist
  • non-personal
  • on the wholeidiom
  • overall
  • portmanteau
  • primarily
  • sense
  • stuff
  • thing
  • whole
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(Definition ofbread and butterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
bread and butter
noun[U]
uk
/ˌbred ən ˈbʌt.ər/us
/ˌbred ən ˈbʌt̬.ɚ/
yourbread and butter
ajoboractivitythatprovidesyou with themoneyyou need tolive
谋生的职业；谋生之道
Gardening is mybreadandbutterrightnow.眼下园艺工作是我的谋生之道。

bread-and-butter

adjective[before noun]uk
us
Bread-and-butterideasorproblemsare thebasicthings thatdirectlyrelateto mostpeople.
（想法或问题）基本的，日常的，关乎大多数人的
Health andeducationare thekindof bread-and-butterissuesthatpeoplevoteon.医药卫生和教育之类有关民生的基本问题是人们投票时所关注的。

bread and butter| American Dictionary

bread and butter
noun[U]
us
/ˈbredən ˈbʌt̬·ər/
the way someoneearnsthemoneyneededtolive:
I do a lot ofphotography, butaccountingis my bread and butter.
bread-and-butter
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈbred·ənˈbʌt̬·ər/
of the mostbasickindanddirectlyrelatingto mostpeople:
Health andeducationare thesortof bread-and-butterissuesthatpeoplevoteon.
(Definition ofbread and butterfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

bread and butter| Business English

bread and butter
noun[U]
informal
uk
us
ajoboractivitythatprovidesa person's or organization'smainincome:
Small-businessclientsareourbreadandbutter.
(Definition ofbread and butterfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbread and butter

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Such pressures over the past two decades have opened the way for greater associational participation in thebread-and-butterstruggles of local politics.
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It should be a graceful concoction—a soufflé rather than abread-and-butterpudding.
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In their support role, will local education authorities also be given a monitoring role on thatbread-and-butterside of education standards in schools?
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I should not like to say that a hard-and-fast line can be drawn between thebread-and-butterside of this and the cultural side.
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It is often said that people are not particularly interested in that policy sphere, as it does not deal withbread-and-butterissues.
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I want to concentrate on thebread-and-butterissues that concern my constituents.
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The sooner we set about solving thesebread-and-butterproblems the sooner this design, which must be brought about, will take shape.
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All of those arebread-and-butterdecisions for most local authorities.
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I am talking about ourbread-and-buttertourists, not about the flashy conference tourists who never come back.
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I turn, briefly, to thebread-and-butterissues of politics.
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In many ordinarybread-and-buttercar designs we are also pre-eminent.
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This situation has caused political apathy and a lack of focus on the crucial issues facing our daily lives—in other words,bread-and-butterissues.
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Their verybread-and-butteris at stake, and, in consequence, the man who goes to work is a man who is helping to defeat them.
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I wish to deal not with esoteric matters, but with thebread-and-butterproblems that face the frail elderly every day of their lives.
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Is he aware that they are already finding it difficult to put up quickly thebread-and-butterbuildings, which are already possessed by the older universities?
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