gist

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美 [dʒɪst]

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

• This is the gist of the story.
  故事的梗概是这样的。
• The crack grouting diffusion radius is the basic gist of the grouting construction design and grouting craftwork control.
  灌浆扩散半径是进行灌浆结构设计和灌浆工艺流程控制的基本依据。
• 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。
• But what's the gist of your argument?
  可是你辩论的主旨是什么？
• Such was the gist of his thoughts.
  这却是他思想的要点。
• The work of this paper may offer some reference and gist for research on astrometry and geodesy.
  本文的工作可为天文大地测量的研究提供一定的参考和依据。
• I quickly picked up the gist of the argument.
  我很快抓住了他们争论的要点。
• He can not understand the gist of their argument.
  他不明白他们争论的要点。
• 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, according to my habit, I believe to seize the gist and the keywords are quite important.
  对我来说，我的阅读习惯告诉我抓关键词十分重要。