down-to-earth

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌdaʊn.tuːˈɜːθ]
• 美式音标 [ˌdaʊn.tuːˈɝːθ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj.实际的；谦逊的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• The unique feature of this book is its down-to-earth practicality.
  这本书所独有的特点就是其讲求实际的实用性。
• Hours later, he considered his efforts nothing special. Not in Norway, a place he said is full of calm, down-to-earth people.
  几小时以后，他意识到自己的努力没什么特别的。他说的那个满是平和而踏实的人们的地方，不在挪威。
• Reporter Steve Liddick of WCMB radio explained to writer Mark Stephens that "Harold Denton was trusted because he looked like a regular, down-to-earth kind of guy.
  WCMB电台记者史蒂夫·利迪克向作家马克·斯蒂芬斯解释说，“哈罗德·丹顿值得信赖，因为看上去他是位务实可靠的人。

原声例句

• breaking down maybe, crashing, coming back to earth like Icarus, the over-reacher.
  可能会损坏它，彻底的，回到地面,像伊卡洛斯一样。
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• And I felt that people here were the most, like, down-to-Earth,
  我觉得普林斯顿的学生最踏实，
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• I think that his deadpan way of bringing things down to earth when they get a little too highfalutin' involves the skill of a genuine stand-up comic.
  我认为他是真的有漫画人物的效果,当他总是面无表情的’,让那些过分骄傲的人回归现实。
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权威例句

• "He's very down-to-earth, " said Hancox, who was shot in the chest in Afghanistan in 2011.
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词组短语

短语

• down -to-earth person 实干家
• be down -to-earth 脚踏实地;兢兢业业;脚结壮地;踏踏实实
• through down -to-earth consultations 通过务实的讨论
• Down -to-earth h 现实的
• a down -to-earth spirit 求实精神

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• practical, reasonable, and friendly

柯林斯英英字典

• If you say that someone is down-to-earth, you approve of the fact that they concern themselves with practical things and actions, rather than with abstract theories.

专业释义

教育学

• 实际的；现实的
• 切合实际的