Bottom line
n. 概要, 账本底线
📖 牛津释义
bottom line
(infml 口), deciding or crucial factor; essential point (in an argument, etc) 决定性因素; （论辩等的）基本论点
If you don't make a profit you go out of business
that's the bottom line. 不盈利, 就停业: 根本问题就在这里.
🧩 词语组成解析
bottom
['bɑtəm]
n. 底部;末端;臀部;尽头;
adj. 底部的;
vt. 装底;测量深浅;查明真相;
vi. 到达底部;建立基础;
line
[laɪn]
n. 线条;排;行列;界线;
vt. 排队;用线标出;沿…排列成行;给…安衬里;
vi. 形成一层;排队;击出平直球;
🗣️ 情景例句
if it's all right with your dad.
假如你爸爸答应的话。
Love lives in cottages as well as in courts.
爱情无贵贱，贫负皆有之。
The guests had, of course, realized this from the moment Bessie opened the door for them and, long before the final catastrophe, had had a difficult time trying to conceal their amusement.
客人们自然从贝西为他们开门那一刻起就看出来了，在好长一段时间里，即最后这个乱子发生前，他们努力克制才没笑出声来。