the sum and substance
基本解释
- 要点
- 要旨
英汉例句
- This is the sum and substance of Chopin.
这就是对肖邦的总结，这就是他的本质所在。 - That the Sermon on the Mount contains the sum and substance of Christianity.
耶稣登山训众论福所讲的一切包含了基督教的精义。 - The sum and substance of it was that there was no hope, and they wanted the money with the least trouble possible.
总之，这封信告诉他，没有希望了。他们只想拿回钱款，麻烦则越少越好。 - But the sum and substance of his criminal career was not like a string of bank robberies.
FORBES: The demonizing of a hacker