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down-and-dirty

/doun-uhn-dur-tee/US // ˈdaʊn ənˈdɜr ti //

彻头彻尾的,彻头彻尾,彻头彻尾地,彻彻底底的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : unscrupulous; nasty: a down-and-dirty election campaign.
    • : earthy; funky.

Examples

  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.

  • That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.

  • A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.

  • Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.

  • The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.

  • I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.

  • His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.

  • So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.