early 18th cent.: from Old French, third person singular present tense of gesirto lie, from Latin jacere. The Anglo-French legal phrase cest action gistthis action lies denoted that there were sufficient grounds to proceed; gistwas adopted into English denoting the grounds themselves (sense 2)
英英释义网络释义
noun
1.the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
2.the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;
... of a tangent);离题的 (divergent, digressive)(考) 反义词:gist(要点)- tangential point(非要点)(例) tangential remarks(离题的话.
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+gist element
1 . 大要素
Water , sunshine , soil is the 3 gist element that biology grows ., 水 , 阳光 , 土壤是生物生长的三大要素.
+gist and
1 . 依据与
talk on the gist and condition of higher vocational education specialty setup ., 试论高等职业教育专业设置的依据与条件.
+and gist
1 . 和依据
It is cleaner production ' s premises and gist that building policy and statute system in region ., 区域清洁生产政策法规体系的构筑是区域实施清洁生产工作的前提和依据.
+design gist
1 . 设计要点
the above , summarizing the design gist the damper and supplying the structure figure which can be used in practical machining .通过分析总结出了挤压液膜阻尼器的设计要点,并且给出了能应用于实际加工的精镗孔挤压液膜阻尼器的结构图。