down-to-earth

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The unique feature of this book is its down-to-earth practicality.
這本書所獨有的特點就是其講求實際的實用性。
Hours later, he considered his efforts nothing special. Not in Norway, a place he said is full of calm, down-to-earth people.
幾小時以后，他意識到自己的努力沒什么特別的。他說的那個滿是平和而踏實的人們的地方，不在挪威。
Reporter Steve Liddick of WCMB radio explained to writer Mark Stephens that "Harold Denton was trusted because he looked like a regular, down-to-earth kind of guy.
WCMB電臺記者史蒂夫·利迪克向作家馬克·斯蒂芬斯解釋說，“哈羅德·丹頓值得信賴，因為看上去他是位務(wù)實可靠的人。

breaking down maybe, crashing, coming back to earth like Icarus, the over-reacher.
可能會損壞它，徹底的，回到地面,像伊卡洛斯一樣。
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And I felt that people here were the most, like, down-to-Earth,
我覺得普林斯頓的學(xué)生最踏實，
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I think that his deadpan way of bringing things down to earth when they get a little too highfalutin' involves the skill of a genuine stand-up comic.
我認(rèn)為他是真的有漫畫人物的效果,當(dāng)他總是面無表情的’,讓那些過分驕傲的人回歸現(xiàn)實。
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"He's very down-to-earth, " said Hancox, who was shot in the chest in Afghanistan in 2011.
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If you say that someone is down-to-earth, you approve of the fact that they concern themselves with practical things and actions, rather than with abstract theories.