- 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- general
- convey
- give (somebody)
- catch
- …
- gist of
Word Originearly 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.