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释义
大致情况;要旨
The speech went on for hours, but the long and short of it is that not much has changed since last year.
演讲持续了几个小时,但是它的主题较去年没有多大变化。
Shepard: What's your relationship with Cerberus? Zaeed: Easy. Cerberus is paying me a lot of money to help you on your mission. That's the long and short.
2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, via PC, →OCLC, scene: Omega:
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| 词形 | 标注 | 转写 |
|---|---|---|
| the long and the short | alternative |