| 释义 |
the bare bones1The basic facts about something, without any detail: the bare bones of the plot...- In these circumstances a biographer might be wise to say as little as possible beyond the bare bones of recorded fact.
- It describes the bare bones of the plot, if you can call it that.
- He knows audiences expect it, crave it, and gives them the bare bones, in a sometimes naturalistic, sometimes stylised mixture of English, French, Chinese and Japanese.
1.1The very lowest level of resources necessary: his squad is already down to the bare bones and has now been hit by a flu bug...- Makeup tips, loads of photographs of cheap fashion ideas, a woman's magazine reduced to the bare bones.
- He is the sententious writer of resolutions butchering her beautifies of song to expose the bare bones of an idea.
- Harold has whittled the text down to the bare bones.
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