释义 |
●the long and (the) ˈshort of itused to say what the basic facts of a situation are 总而言之;总的情况◆The examiners discussed your paper for at least an hour, but I’m afraid the long and the short of it is that you have failed. 考官们对你的试卷至少讨论了一个小时,但是恐怕你最后还是不及格。 |