down-to-earth
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌdaʊn.tuːˈɜːθ]
- 美式音标 [ˌdaʊn.tuːˈɝːθ]
- 英式发音
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基本解释
- adj.实际的;谦逊的
英汉例句
- The unique feature of this book is its down-to-earth practicality.
这本书所独有的特点就是其讲求实际的实用性。 - Hours later, he considered his efforts nothing special. Not in Norway, a place he said is full of calm, down-to-earth people.
几小时以后,他意识到自己的努力没什么特别的。他说的那个满是平和而踏实的人们的地方,不在挪威。 - Reporter Steve Liddick of WCMB radio explained to writer Mark Stephens that "Harold Denton was trusted because he looked like a regular, down-to-earth kind of guy.
WCMB电台记者史蒂夫·利迪克向作家马克·斯蒂芬斯解释说,“哈罗德·丹顿值得信赖,因为看上去他是位务实可靠的人。 - breaking down maybe, crashing, coming back to earth like Icarus, the over-reacher.
可能会损坏它,彻底的,回到地面,像伊卡洛斯一样。
耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选 - And I felt that people here were the most, like, down-to-Earth,
我觉得普林斯顿的学生最踏实,
来普林斯顿吧 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人 - I think that his deadpan way of bringing things down to earth when they get a little too highfalutin' involves the skill of a genuine stand-up comic.
我认为他是真的有漫画人物的效果,当他总是面无表情的’,让那些过分骄傲的人回归现实。
耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选 - "He's very down-to-earth, " said Hancox, who was shot in the chest in Afghanistan in 2011.
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词组短语
- down -to-earth person 实干家
- be down -to-earth 脚踏实地;兢兢业业;脚结壮地;踏踏实实
- through down -to-earth consultations 通过务实的讨论
- Down -to-earth h 现实的
- a down -to-earth spirit 求实精神
短语
英英字典
- practical, reasonable, and friendly
- If you say that someone is down-to-earth, you approve of the fact that they concern themselves with practical things and actions, rather than with abstract theories.
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专业释义
- 实际的;现实的
- 切合实际的