to get(= understand) the gist of an argument
理解辩论的主旨
I missed the beginning of the lecture─can you give me the gist of what he said?
我错过了讲座的开头，给我讲讲他说话的要点好吗？
I'm afraid I don't quite follow your gist(= what you really mean) .
对不起，我还不太明白你的意思。
1.要点,要旨
2.诉讼依据;诉讼主因
1.the essential point or meaning of something
2.the essential grounds for a legal action
1.The general gist of it is like details of the issues or to answer a brief?
对中心思想的概括，是喜欢细节性的问题还是简略回答？
2.You get the gist I'm sure. And I've no doubt that you can add some questions of your own.
我相信你能获得要领，我也相信你会问一些你自己想问的问题。
3.There were a few other minor buffs here and there (ice barrier, frost ward, and fire ward getting buffed), but that was the gist of it.
那里是一些其他的较小擦光轮各处（冰障碍，霜守卫，和火守卫得到擦光轮），但是它的要点。
4.THE GIST A man minds less when a woman cheats on him with another woman than with another man.
对于女友不忠的对象，异性情人比同性情人更让男士介意。
5.The investigation results had been used in the revision of 2004 undergraduate teaching plan, and serve as important gist for the revision.
调研结果已经作为江南大学2004级本科教学计划修订的重要依据之一。
6.Gist allows to start off from a pasted bit of text or code and collaborate over the net, either using a web interface or git tools.
使用Gist，用户可以从粘帖一小段文本或者代码开始，然后通过Web界面或者git工具展开网上的协作。
7.Business writing is usually straightforward and generally includes the main gist of the piece in the first few paragraphs.
商务写作通常是直截了当，将最为重要的部分集中在前面几段。
8.I give her a Mona Lisa smile to indicate I get her gist, although I do not, then sheepishly pay for my lunch and slink to a table.
我给了她一个蒙娜丽莎般的微笑，表示我明白了她的意思，然后有些困窘地付了饭钱，悄悄地溜到座位上。
9.It provides some reference gist for the deeper research on organizational performance evaluation from the point of inpidual psychology.
这为我们进一步从心理学的角度研究组织绩效评价提供了参考依据。
10.Whether exaggerated or not, I think the gist of what's being said here is all true.
先不论这些话是否夸大，但我认为这些要点是正确的。