N-PLURAL 核心成分;本质;实质 The guts of something, for example a subject or a machine, are the key elements of it, which make it work.
She has a reputation for getting at the guts of a subject and never pulling her punches... 她以善抓问题实质、说话一针见血著称。
The guts of the reactor have to be hauled out of the pressure vessel. 核反应堆的核心构件必须从压力罩中取出来。
VERB 损毁(建筑物)的内部 To gut a building means to destroy the inside of it so that only its outside walls remain.
Over the weekend, a firebomb gutted a building where 60 people lived... 本周,一颗燃烧弹炸毁了一栋有60位居民的楼房。
A factory stands gutted and deserted. 一座内部被毁的废置工厂矗立在那里。
(用于制作球拍的网线、小提琴弦等的)肠线 Gut is string made from part of the stomach of an animal. Traditionally, it is used to make the strings of sports rackets or musical instruments such as violins.
PHRASE 努力(做…) To bust a gut means to work very hard trying to achieve something.
You can bust a gut sixteen hours a day, seven days a week, but if your product is lousy, you've wasted your time. 你可以一周7天、一天16小时地拼命劳作,但是如果产品质量低劣,你就白费时间了。
PHRASE 对…恨之入骨 If you hate someone's guts, you dislike them very much indeed.
We hate each other's guts. 我们彼此恨之入骨。
PHRASE 告密;把所知和盘托出;倾诉心里话 If someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private.
People call in and just spill their guts about whatever's bothering them on the job or in a relationship. 人们打进电话,就是要将工作或感情上的所有困扰倾诉出来。
PHRASE 拼命工作;拼命干活 If you say that you are working your guts out or slogging your guts out, you are emphasizing that you are working as hard as you can.
Most have worked their guts out and made sacrifices. 大部分人都拼命工作,作出了很大的牺牲。