gist

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n.  要点; 主旨; 大意

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BNC.14828 / COCA.17685

牛津词典

noun

• 要点；主旨；大意
  the main or general meaning of a piece of writing, a speech or a conversation
  1. to get (= understand) the gist of an argument
     理解辩论的主旨
  2. I missed the beginning of the lecture─can you give me the gist of what he said?
     我未听到讲座的开头——给我讲讲他说话的要点好吗？
  3. I'm afraid I don't quite follow your gist (= what you really mean) .
     对不起，我还不太明白你的意思。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （发言、谈话或文章的）主旨，要点
  The gist ofa speech, conversation, or piece of writing is its general meaning.
  1. He related the gist of his conversation to Naseby.
     他将他谈话的要点告诉了纳斯比。

英英释义

noun

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  1. the gist of the prosecutor's argument
  2. the heart and soul of the Republican Party
  3. the nub of the story
  Synonym:kernelsubstancecorecentercentreessenceheartheart and soulinwardnessmarrowmeatnubpithsumnitty-gritty
• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  Synonym:effectessenceburdencore

双语例句

• That I take to be the gist of our political theory.
  我将此视为我们政治理论的主旨。
• Well, I hope you get the gist of what I mean and I hope you can help me.
  嗯，我希望你的精神，我的意思，我希望你能帮助我。
• He can not understand the gist of their argument.
  他不明白他们争论的要点。
• The article introduces the technical gist of the construction control of the fish-bellied concrete continuous box beam.
  该文介绍了鱼腹式混凝土连续箱梁的施工控制技术要点。
• The result can provide science gist to preventing and controlling the dust-storm for Alaxan region.
  研究结果可为阿拉善地区沙尘暴的防治提供科学依据。
• But what's the gist of your argument?
  可是你辩论的主旨是什么？
• Yeah, I guess I got the gist of it.
  对，我已经领会了它的要点了。
• Finally, briefly summarize the gist and draw conclusions.
  最后，本文简单地概括了中心思想并得出结论。
• This is the gist of the story.
  故事的梗概是这样的。
• This message bus is the gist of an ESB, and this is nothing new.
  消息总线是ESB的基础，并且不是什么新鲜事物。