meat-and-potatoes

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英式音标 [ˌmiːt.ən.pəˈteɪ.təʊz]
美式音标 [ˌmiːt.ən.pəˈteɪ.t̬oʊz]
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基本解释

adj. 基本的；坦誠的；注重實際的

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雙語例句

It is no match artistically for Morton's propulsive meat-and-potatoes jazz.
這與莫頓層層推進的爵士樂的基本要義毫無藝術上的匹配之処。
I’m just a meat-and-potatoes guy, so I’ll have the filet and a baked potato.
衹是隨便喫點東西。我衹點魚片和烤土豆。
Iserloh's husband is a meat-and-potatoes guy, so she found easy ways to add vegetables to otherwise low-veggie dishes.
Iserloh的丈夫是非常喜歡喫喫肉的人，因此她找到給肉類的菜肴添加蔬菜的簡便方法。

權威例句

But Mrs Clinton has the edge when it comes to the meat-and-potatoes issues that matter more to blue-collar Americans.
ECONOMIST: The candidates: Hillary Clinton
Martin Gottfried, a theatre critic for the New York Post, has written a conventional, meat-and-potatoes biography, slightly hampered by Mr Miller's refusal to talk to him about his personal life.
ECONOMIST: Literary biography

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短語

a moderate meat -and-potatoes officer 溫和求實的官員

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英英字典

more basic or important than other things
基本的；根本的；重要的
For many unions , the meat-and-potatoes issue is no longer pay increases but job security . 許多工會麪臨的主要問題已不再是加薪，而是工作安全保障。