- gist (of something)
the main or general meaning of a piece of writing, a speech or a conversation 要點;主旨;大意 to get (= understand) the gist of an argument 理解辯論的主旨 I missed the beginning of the lecture—can you give me the gist of what he said? 我錯過了講座的開頭,給我講講他發言的要點好嗎? I'm afraid I don't quite follow your gist (= what you really mean). 對不起,我還不太明白你的意思。 Students are taught the skills of reading and listening for gist. 學生們被教授閱讀和傾聽要點的技能。 It is difficult to convey the gist of Reich's ideas simply. 很難將賴克的思想要旨簡單地表述出來。
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.