单词 | nitty-gritty |
释义 | nitty-gritty (once / 86907 pages) n WORD FAMILY nitty-gritty USAGE EXAMPLESRyan, 46, is an earnest conservative wonk, schooled in the nitty-gritty of tax and budget policy, who’s committed to core GOP principles like free trade. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) The book gets at this nitty-gritty truth in chapters on revision and editing. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) Indeed, don’t expect them to get into the nitty-gritty, analysts say. Washington Post(Nov 14, 2016) n the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience Syn|Hypo|Hyper center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, substance, sum bare bones (plural) the most basic facts or elements hypostasis(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality haecceity, quidditythe essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other quintessencethe purest and most concentrated essence of something stuffa critically important or characteristic component cognitive content, content, mental object the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
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