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

• However, the formal sessions of this summit will concentrate on nitty-gritty trade issues such as harmonising rules of origin and relieving trade "chokepoints".
  不过，本次峰会的正式会谈将着重讨论基本贸易问题，如协调原产地规则和缓解贸易“瓶颈”。
• The nitty-gritty stuff turns out to be more important.
  事实证明，细节更为重要。
• 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。
• Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. turned to some high-stakes legal housekeeping Monday, in one of the companies 'last chances to weigh in on nitty-gritty procedural matters before closing arguments Tuesday.
  苹果公司（AppleInc.）和三星电子（SamsungElectronicsCo.）周一将目光转向一些利害攸关的法律事宜，这是在周二进行结案陈词之前，它们参与具体法律程序的最后机会之一。
• 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。
• You also have to know the nitty-gritty detail that city is an element attribute rather than a subtag content ( either way might make sense for the basic data in question).
  您还必须知道一些本质细节，city是元素属性，而不是子标记内容（任何一种方法都可能对正在讨论的基本数据有意义）。
• In trying to do everything, including the nitty-gritty, less important details ( see# 2), that means you're not able to do the higher level, important things like your biggest goals and dreams.
  我往尝试做所有事情，比如一些基本的事实，不重要的细节（参阅第二条），那都会意味着你不能做更重要的事情，比如你的最高目标和最好的梦想。
• Judged from her impression, she can't have known the nitty-gritty.
  从她的表情判断，她不可能知道事实真相的。
• Remember that by definition a model is a simplification, so it makes sense that a model, even a refined one, should not include all of the nitty-gritty implementation details.
  要记住，按照定义模型是一种简化，因此模型（即使是精化的模型）不包括所有的实现细节是完全合理的。
• Yet it is far from certain that focusing on the nitty-gritty of their companies 'business will help buy-out funds to reap the same rewards as loading them up with cheap debt and selling them into buoyant equity markets.
  但人们远不能确定，与利用廉价债务购买企业、然后在火爆的股市上出售相比，将重点放在其收购公司的经营细节方面，能否帮助收购基金获得同样的回报。