VOA慢速英语:Let's Get Down to the Nitty-Gritty!

短语讲解：

1. If you want to focus on only the most important part of a problem, you want to focus on the crux or core.

focus on 致力于; 使聚焦于
例句：We must focus on increasing our home markets.
我们必须把注意力放在拓宽国内市场上。

2. But the city council needs to get down to the nitty-gritty.

get down to 开始认真处理， 对待
例句：Let us get down to fundamentals.
让我们开始认真对待问题的根本。

3. You can say someone is good at dealing with the nitty-gritty details of a problem.

be good at 擅长; 健; 精通
例句：No one expects you to be good at everything.
没人会指望你什么都擅长。
deal with 应付; 对待; 惠顾; 与…交易
例句：Imperical edicts could deal with very varied matters.
皇帝的诏节涉及各个方面的事物。