- 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. 教给学生阅读和聆听要点的技巧。 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.