meat-and-potatoes

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌmiːt.ən.pəˈteɪ.təʊz]
• 美式音标 [ˌmiːt.ən.pəˈteɪ.t̬oʊz]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 基本的；坦诚的；注重实际的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• It is no match artistically for Morton's propulsive meat-and-potatoes jazz.
  这与莫顿层层推进的爵士乐的基本要义毫无艺术上的匹配之处。
• I’m just a meat-and-potatoes guy, so I’ll have the filet and a baked potato.
  只是随便吃点东西。 我只点鱼片和烤土豆。
• Iserloh's husband is a meat-and-potatoes guy, so she found easy ways to add vegetables to otherwise low-veggie dishes.
  Iserloh的丈夫是非常喜欢吃吃肉的人，因此她找到给肉类的菜肴添加蔬菜的简便方法。

权威例句

• 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

词组短语

短语

• a moderate meat -and-potatoes officer 温和求实的官员

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 . 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。