the gist

常见例句

This was the gist of it.
这只是其中的要点。
The gist of his argument is certainly valid: It is folly to think that God loves all alike, or that He is compelled by some rule of fairness to love everyone equally.
他的论据的要点相当有根据：认为上帝平等的爱所有人，或他因为一些公平原则被迫去平等的爱每个人是很愚蠢的。
The gist of it is that no one writes alone: One needs a community.
要点在于没有人是孤立的写作的：人需要群体。

No southern governor, except William Gist of South Carolina, seemed willing to lead the South out of the Union.
They can pretty much pack it up and go home, because everyone's going to think they're ridiculous, no one will believe what they say, and it's a stupid idea anyway, is basically the gist of this conversation.
他们就可以打包回家了，因为每个人都会认为他们很荒谬，没有人会相信他们的说法，这是个很愚蠢的想法，这就是他们当时谈话的大概意思。
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That's going to be the gist of my argument today.
那将成为我们今天讨论的要点。
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