the sum and substance
常見例句
- This is the sum and substance of Chopin.
這就是對肖邦的總結，這就是他的本質(zhì)所在。 - That the Sermon on the Mount contains the sum and substance of Christianity.
耶穌登山訓眾論福所講的一切包含了基督教的精義。 - The sum and substance of it was that there was no hope, and they wanted the money with the least trouble possible.
總之，這封信告訴他，沒有希望了。他們只想拿回錢款，麻煩則越少越好。 - But the sum and substance of his criminal career was not like a string of bank robberies.
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