nitty-gritty

英 ['nɪtɪ ˈɡrɪti]

美 ['nɪtɪ ˈɡrɪti]

n.  基本事实; 重要细节

复数：nitty-gritties　

牛津词典

noun

• 基本事实；重要细节
  the basic or most important details of an issue or a situation
  1. Time ran out before we could get down to the real nitty-gritty .
     我们还没来得及探讨真正的细节，时间就过去了。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 本质;实质;基本事实
  If people get down tothe nitty-grittyof a matter, situation, or activity, they discuss the most important, basic parts of it or facts about it.
  1. The city's newspapers still attempt to get down to the nitty gritty of investigative journalism.
     该市报纸仍在试图厘清调查性新闻的实质。
  2. ...the nitty gritty of everyday politics.
     日常政治生活的本质

英英释义

noun

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  1. the gist of the prosecutor's argument
  2. the heart and soul of the Republican Party
  3. the nub of the story
  Synonym:kernelsubstancecorecentercentreessencegistheartheart and soulinwardnessmarrowmeatnubpithsum

双语例句

• Before starting on a project, talk out the nitty-gritty details and what the extent of her involvement will be.
  在开启一个项目之前，坦率地和她谈一些细枝末节的地方，以及她要参与到什么程度。
• After insurance accident happens, policy-holder, insurant or beneficiary beneficiary ought to inform an underwriter in time, so that the underwriter investigates nitty-gritty quickly, collection evidence, handle in time.
  保险事故发生后，投保人、被保险人或者受益人应当及时通知保险人，以便保险人迅速地调查事实真相，收取证据，及时处理。
• This is the time to negotiate the nitty-gritty of numbers and benefits.
  现在时候商讨那些数字和利益了。
• Before going any further with the nitty-gritty details of BHO, there are a couple of points I need to illuminate further.
  在进一步了解BHO细节之前，有几点我需要进一步阐述。
• Compared with vague fantasies about achieving great things, grappling with the nitty-gritty realities of action is hard.
  和实现那些伟大事情的模糊幻想相比，处理行动中的基本细节是很难的一件事。
• Mr Blair is not a politician who relishes the nitty-gritty of technical disputes in areas such as fishing quotas.
  布莱尔不是一位在捕鱼配额等本质上属于技术纠纷的领域中游刃有余的政治家。
• I like do business with people who get right to the nitty-gritty.
  我喜欢跟那种直截了当，一针见血的人做生意。
• In this article we'll delve further into the nitty-gritty of jealousy, when it begins and how it can quickly get out of control.
  我们将在这篇文章中深入探索嫉妒的真相-什么时候开始嫉妒？怎么样它就会变得失去控制？
• The nitty-gritty stuff turns out to be more important.
  事实证明，细节更为重要。
• There are times in your business processes, state machines, or other services where you might find yourself needing to write some nitty-gritty logic.
  有时在业务流程、状态机或者其他的服务中，可能需要编写一些细节逻辑。