gist
noun /dʒɪst/
/dʒɪst/
(usually the gist [singular])
- gist (of something) the main or general meaning of a piece of writing, a speech or a conversation
要点；主旨；大意 - to get (= understand) the gist of an argument
理解辩论的主旨 - I missed the beginning of the lecture—can you give me the gist of what he said?
我错过了讲座的开头，给我讲讲他发言的要点好吗？ - 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。 - Students are taught the skills of reading and listening for gist.
学生们被教授阅读和倾听要点的技能。 - It is difficult to convey the gist of Reich's ideas simply.
很难将赖克的思想要旨简单地表述出来。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- general
- convey
- give (somebody)
- catch
- …
- gist of
词源early 18th cent.: from Old French, third person singular present tense of gesir ‘to lie’, from Latin jacere. The Anglo-French legal phrase cest action gist ‘this action lies’ denoted that there were sufficient grounds to proceed; gist was adopted into English denoting the grounds themselves. - to get (= understand) the gist of an argument