英:[ˌnɪti ˈgrɪti]
美:[ˈnɪtiˈɡrɪti]
英:[ˌnɪti ˈgrɪti]
美:[ˈnɪtiˈɡrɪti]
nit·ty-grit·ty
nI ti grI ti
Noun
1. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;
"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"
"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"
"the nub of the story"
"基本事实或问题的本质",起源于1961年的美国英语 knitty-gritty,据说主要由黑人爵士乐手使用,可能最终源自 nit and grits "细磨的玉米粉"。作为形容词的用法始于1966年。
origin unknown
The first known use of nitty-gritty was in 1934
nonmoraladjective
not being moral or ethical
noncommissioned officernoun
an officer in the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps appointed from among the enlisted personnel
non-prefix
not : reverse of : absence of nonfiction
nonresident
nom de plumenoun
pen name
no-man's-landnoun
an unoccupied area between opposing armies
an area of indefinite or uncertain character
no-hitternoun
a baseball game in which a pitcher allows the opposition no base hits
no-goodadjective
having no worth, use, or chance of success
Nobel Prizenoun
an annual prize (as in literature, medicine, peace) established by the will of Alfred Nobel for the encouragement of people who work for the interests of humanity
no1 of 3adverb
—used to express the negative of an alternative
shall we go to the game or no
in no respect or degree—used in comparisons
it is no better than I expected it to be
not so—used to express disagreement or refusal
no, I'm not hungry
—used with a following adjective to imply a meaning expressed by the opposite positive statement
no uncertain terms
—used to emphasize a following negative or to introduce a statement that is clearer or has more emphasis
has the right, no, the duty, to continue
—used to express surprise, doubt, or disbelief
no—you don't say
no2 of 3adjective
not any
has no money
hardly any : very little
finished in no time
not a
I'm no expert
no3 of 3noun
an act or instance of refusing or denying by the use of the word no : denial
a negative vote or decision
plural persons voting in the negative
nitty-grittynoun
what is essential and basic
the nitty-gritty of the problem
1 the governor tends to leave the nitty-gritty of running the state government to others
2 a look at the nitty-gritty aspects of putting out a newspaper
3 These hearings are going to be a lot of nitty-gritty details about App Store guidelines.
4 That makes the underlying football nitty-gritty interesting, too.
5 The ads, says Braff, spur people to come up to him and ask for nitty-gritty details about T-Mobile’s various consumer plans.
6 But evolutionary explanations don’t get at the deeper problem: How, in a nitty-gritty mechanistic sense, do these patterns develop in individual animals?
7 But getting on the ballot would still be a slog of grass-roots grunt work and legal nitty-gritty that varies from state to state.
8 The sides spent eight hours going over nitty-gritty details about the use of AI, screenwriter fees, mind-numbing residual formulas and more.
9 This is how two days of nitty-gritty lawyering has played out in Davis’s courtroom.
10 There’s a lot of nitty-gritty to get through in the preliminary research phase, but there are resources online.
11 Let's get down to (discussing) the nitty-gritty.
咱们著手探讨实际情况吧。
12 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。
13 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。
14 ...the nitty gritty of everyday politics.
日常政治生活的本质
15 We are agreed in principle so let's now discuss the nitty gritty.
我们原则上已同意了,因此现在我们可以讨论细节问题了.
16 Let's get down to the nitty gritty in this discussion.
让我们研究一下讨论中的实质问题吧.
17 But the exact nitty gritty origins of mutations and variations in biology are still uncertain.
但是,生物界的突变和变异起源的准确的事实真相仍不确定.
18 Alright , so what is the nitty gritty on coat color inheritance?
是什么决定了拉拉的颜色?
19 Let's get down to the nitty-gritty.
1 现实
real actual tough substantial realistic real-life substantive earthy terrestrial down-to-earth bottom-line hard-boiled meat-and-potatoes truth reality realism actuality verity
2 实质
heart nature essential root principle meat substance beef essence parenchyma quiddity the name of the game fundamental substantial hylic body bottom spirit texture existence gut marrow gist virtuality substantiality whatness
3 本质
nature essential root principle being substance gut essence quintessence rasa hypostasis quiddity inherent form quality stuff pith the root of the matter material substantial elementary intimate elemental substantive constitutive hypostatic entitative hypostatical kind heart quick internal self texture entity implication inward predicate ingrain essentiality inbeing intimity true organic constitutional subjective intrinsic innate bone juice fiber constitution genius kernel yolk elixir virtuality inwardness substantiality hardpan esse inscape suchness whatness
4 细节
detail specific intricacy nicety particularity punctilio mechanics particular circumstance wrinkle minutiae thing passage specialty facts and figures
5 基本的
base key basic essential primary prime ultimate fundamental elementary radical cardinal primitive elemental bedrock rudimentary primordial bottom-line bread-and-butter meat-and-potatoes underived deep-going