英语词汇“meat and potatoes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

meat and potatoes

US the most important or basic parts of something:

Teachers have a lot to do, but time spent in the classroom is the meat and potatoes of the profession.

meat-and-potatoesadjective [ before noun ]

uk/ˌmiːt.ən.pəˈteɪ.təʊz/us/ˌmiːt.ən.pəˈteɪ.t̬oʊz/US

more basic or important than other things:

For many unions, the meat-and-potatoes issue is no longer pay increases but job security.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Essential or necessary

a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do idiom
basically
basis
be a question of doing sth idiom
business-critical
dependence
if/when push comes to shove idiom
imply
incumbent
indispensable
inherent
integral
needed
needful
occasion
on a need-to-know basis idiom
owe
owe it to yourself idiom
underlying
warrant

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单词	meat and potatoes
释义	Contents adjective (1) meat-and-potatoes (1) English American meat and potatoes US the most important or basic parts of something: Teachers have a lot to do, but time spent in the classroom is the meat and potatoes of the profession. meat-and-potatoesadjective [ before noun ] uk/ˌmiːt.ən.pəˈteɪ.təʊz/us/ˌmiːt.ən.pəˈteɪ.t̬oʊz/US more basic or important than other things: For many unions, the meat-and-potatoes issue is no longer pay increases but job security. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words Essential or necessary a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do idiom basically basis be a question of doing sth idiom business-critical dependence if/when push comes to shove idiom imply incumbent indispensable inherent integral needed needful occasion on a need-to-know basis idiom owe owe it to yourself idiom underlying warrant See more results » meat-and-potatoesadjective us/ˈmit ən pəˈteɪ·t̬oʊz / basic and important: Taxes are a meat-and-potatoes issue for most voters.
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