The gist of something is the main point or key idea.

这里的“ gist ”指的主旨。

Well, it's pretty much the gist.

好啦，大概就这个意思。

I quickly picked up the gist of the argument.

我很快就抓住他们争论的要点。

Effort is the gist of it.

努力奋斗幸福的关键所在。

For example, nitty-gritty could be the heart and soul of a matter, the gist of a conversation or the essence of an argument.

比如，nitty-gritty可以指精神层面上的东西、对话的重点内容或者争议的焦点。

So, when you're doing IELTS listening, listening for gist for the main idea, the stressed words are the main ones, right?

当你在做雅思听力的时候，听主要内容的主旨，重读的单词主要的。

Actually, I don't have time for a full pitch, so just give me the gist.

其实，我有时间听完它，把要点告诉我吧。

That seems to be the gist of it, I said, rereading the letter.

在我看来，信中说得清清楚楚的。我再看下信。

Oh, uh-- the gist is, he's willing to pay you to pretend to be his girlfriend.

今天来目的就，他愿意付你钱 请你假扮他女朋友。

If you can hear it, you're starting to get the gist, to get the hang of it.

如果你能听懂，你就开始掌握要。

I get the gist of what you're saying, said Bessie. I want a girdle with gilding. What do you think about that?

我知道你说的要点，贝西说。我想要一件镀金的腰带。你觉得怎么样？

But the main gist of his argument is that China didn't inform the world fast enough about the potential severity of this disease.

他的主要论点，中国有足够快地向世界通报这种疾病的潜在严重性。

The great tit basically splits open the skull at the back and eats the brain. That's the gist of it.

“大山雀主要从斑姬鹟后面劈开其头骨，然后吃掉它们的大脑。这就大山雀的攻击要点。”

What matters is whether one can figure out the gist and facilitate his life through what he gains from the learning.

重要的，他们否可以解他们生活的本质，尤其通过他们所学到的知识。

But whereas few will disagree with the gist of his observations about the shortcomings of our modern, disposable, consumer culture, the analysis is rather superficial.

但他的言论宗旨，即我们现代的、一次性的消费文化缺陷，虽然很少有人反对，可依然很肤浅。

Such a therapeutic principle is the gist of treatment based on syndrome differentiation.

这种治疗原则基于辨证论治的主要手段。

All right. You get the gist. She sings to it, she turns young.

好吧。 你 得到 要点。 她 唱歌 对 它， (然后)她就变年轻。

Well, that's the gist of it.

这就要点所在。

You've now got the gist of a new study that finds that cherry trees may be able to survive rising temperatures thanks to mountain-climbing bears that carry the cherry tree seeds to cooler climes.

现在你肯定已经或多或少解到这项新的研究，那就得益于爬山熊将樱桃树的种子带到凉爽的地区，这种树木才可以在高温条件下存活。

Therefore, I hope this lecture will at least give a gist of the history of the two-party system and how it works as one of the most complete political systems in the world.

因此，我希望这次讲座至少能让大家解一下两党制的历史，以及它作为世界上最完整的政治制度之一如何运作的。