nitty-gritty

noun

1. 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。

1. N-SING 本质;实质;基本事实
   If people get down to the nitty-gritty of 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

1. Not the broad strokes of sector and stage focus, but the nitty-gritty about how a firm makes its decisions on who to fund and how it prefers to structure its deals.
   这里所说的不是关于板块和阶段的泛泛之谈，而是风投公司的实质性决策，比如为谁提供资金以及它希望以怎样的结构进行操作。
2. This is the time to negotiate the nitty-gritty of numbers and benefits.
   现在时候商讨那些数字和利益了。
3. 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）。
4. 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。
5. Jumping from high-order business workflow to the nitty-gritty details of transactions violates the SLAP principle.
   从高层的订单业务工作流跳到事务的细节是违反SLAP原则的。
6. 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。
7. The GUIs are commonly known as window managers, because they occupy a layer above the nitty-gritty X-Windows layer and they manage windows for you.
   这些GUI通常被称为窗口管理器，因为它们占用了X-Windows细节层上面的一层，并且它们对窗口进行管理。
8. Author and relationship expert Marshall Miller believes cohabiting allows people to get to the nitty-gritty of the relationship before committing to marriage.
   作家兼情感专家马歇尔·米勒认为，同居能让人们在步入婚姻殿堂前了解恋情的本质。
9. Before starting on a project, talk out the nitty-gritty details and what the extent of her involvement will be.
   在开启一个项目之前，坦率地和她谈一些细枝末节的地方，以及她要参与到什么程度。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. After insurance accident happens, policy-holder, insurant or beneficiary beneficiary ought to inform an underwriter in time, so that the underwriter investigates nitty-gritty quickly, collection evidence, handle in time.
    保险事故发生后，投保人、被保险人或者受益人应当及时通知保险人，以便保险人迅速地调查事实真相，收取证据，及时处理。
13. 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。
14. The nitty-gritty stuff turns out to be more important.
    事实证明，细节更为重要。
15. 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”。
16. Compared with vague fantasies about achieving great things, grappling with the nitty-gritty realities of action is hard.
    和实现那些伟大事情的模糊幻想相比，处理行动中的基本细节是很难的一件事。
17. Unusually, however, it requires applicants to have completed its 10-week executive PED ( professional executive development) programme, which teaches the nitty-gritty business basics, before they can apply for the EMBA.
    不过与众不同的是，IMD要求学员在申请EMBA前完成一个为期10周的执行性职业高管发展课程（PED），这个课程教授的是最基本的商业基础知识。
18. 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。
19. The Voice of San Diego concentrates on nitty-gritty issues such as water, crime and health care& the sort of stories that local newspapers used to cover extensively.
    《圣地亚哥之声》关注于水资源，犯罪及医疗保健等具体问题，这些问题在当地报纸上也曾是关注焦点。
20. But when it came to the nitty-gritty of sanctions against Iran, there was nothing.
    但是在对伊朗进行新的制裁方面，双方未达成一致。
21. In this article we'll delve further into the nitty-gritty of jealousy, when it begins and how it can quickly get out of control.
    我们将在这篇文章中深入探索嫉妒的真相-什么时候开始嫉妒？怎么样它就会变得失去控制？
22. 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。
23. I like do business with people who get right to the nitty-gritty.
    我喜欢跟那种直截了当，一针见血的人做生意。
24. A third layer engages in the nitty-gritty of improving existing products within business units.
    第三层对业务部门内部的现有产品进行细节完善。
25. Mr Blair is not a politician who relishes the nitty-gritty of technical disputes in areas such as fishing quotas.
    布莱尔不是一位在捕鱼配额等本质上属于技术纠纷的领域中游刃有余的政治家。

noun

1. 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