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单词 meat-and-potatoes
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meat and potatoes

noun
/ˌmiːt ən pəˈteɪtəʊz/
/ˌmiːt ən pəˈteɪtəʊz/
[uncountable] (North American English)
  1. the most basic and important aspects or parts of something最基本的部分;最重要的部分
    • Issues like this are the newspaper's meat and potatoes.像这样的话题是报纸赖以生存的素材。
    • Acoustic guitar and vocals are the meat and potatoes of this band.原声吉他和人声是这个乐队的主要内容。

meat-and-potatoes

adjective
/ˌmiːt ən pəˈteɪtəʊz/
/ˌmiːt ən pəˈteɪtəʊz/
[only before noun] (North American English)
  1. dealing with the most basic and important aspects of something根本的;基本的;主要的
    • a meat-and-potatoes argument基本论据
    • meat-and-potatoes police work警察工作的重要内容
  2. liking plain, simple things喜欢简朴的
    • He's a real meat-and-potatoes guy.他是个十分崇尚简朴的人。
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