大家都知道,bread and butter 是指麵包和黃油尤其指a slice of bread spread with butter.抹上黃油的的麵包片。
但更多的時候,bread and butter 是指人們的生活所需,由此可見西方人對麵包和黃油的偏愛以及其歷史之悠久。
Bread and butter|the way of earning for one's living. one's main resources of incoming
某人的謀生之道,生計,飯碗。
看看例子怎麼用:
① Being a teacher is mybread and butter.
當老師是我的謀生之道。
② Australia is such a lap dog! It has been kept following the US to condemn China.It doesn't fear of losing it's bread and butter.
澳大利亞就是一隻哈趴狗,一直跟著美國譴責中國,又不怕砸了它自己的飯碗。
③ Mobile phone business is actually his bread and butter.
手機生意實際上就是他的生計。
④bread and butter is the stuff of life.
民以食為天。
Bread-and-butter 可以當形容詞,用於名詞之前,表示基本的,影響切人們身利益的。
China administration concerned about the bread-and-butter issues.
中國政府關注影響群眾切身利益的問題。