Gist

(n.) A resting place.

(n.) The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question.

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• This brings us to the gist of the ingenious way in which Edison substituted the action of electrochemical decomposition for that of the electromagnet to operate a relay. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The gist of the socialist proposal is that land and all the natural means of production, transit, and distribution should be collectively owned. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I have hunted up the guide-books, and the gist of what they say is this: They are there, but how they got there is a mystery. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But to come to the gist of my letter. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Dorothea told him that she had seen Lydgate, and recited the gist of her conversation with him about the Hospital. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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