| 单词 | gist |
| 释义 | gist /dʒɪst/ noun the gist IDEAthe main idea and meaning of what someone has said or written 主旨，要点the gist of The gist of his argument is that full employment is impossible. 他论述的主旨是，全面就业是不可能的。 Don’t worry about all the details as long as you get the gist (=understand the main meaning) of it. 不要去管各个细节，只要理解主要意思就行了。Examples from the Corpusgist• She had not misread the general gist of his words, imprecise though they were.• Read the article once through to get the gist of it.• Students are encouraged to read the text, getting the gist, then go deeper into the meaning.• The whole thing had to be repeated three or four times before Sandison got the gist.• I don't know the whole story but this is the gist of it.• They had understood the gist but needed help.• She would not, was the gist of what she communicated first.• The gist of all this is that life is an interactive phenomenon of planetary and biospheric scale.• The gist of the section is that the product must be safe but the Act has no application if it is useless.Origin gist (1700-1800) Anglo-French “it lies, it can be presented in a court of law”, from Old French gesir “to lie”gist nounChinese said and Corpus what main idea someone meaning the of has |
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