大意为谓某物体的大体意思;疏忽﹐不经意或疏忽;不注意的意思，例句：由于他的大意，导致这项工程不能按照计划完成。那么你知道大意用英语怎么说吗?下面来学习一下吧。

大意的英语说法1：

Careless

大意的英语说法2：

negligent

大意的英语说法3：

inattentive

大意的相关短语：

主旨大意 main idea

大意回复 proposition recall

大意理解 Get the gist

大意行人 careless pedestrian

获得大意 get a general idea

中心大意 the main idea

麻痹大意 Insensitive

大意的英语例句：

1. He might have let something slip in a moment of weakness.

他可能一时大意说漏了嘴。

2. Anybody who's listening will get the drift of what he was saying.

任何一个在专心听的人都会领悟他所说的大意。

3. I follow the drift of her conversation.

我明白她谈话的大意。

4. The letter is to the effect that he will soon arrive.

信的大意是说他不久就会来.

5. The tenor of his speech was that war would come.

他讲话的大意是战争将要发生.

6. Will you please sum up the main ideas of this article?

请把这篇文章的大意归纳一下.

7. Just jot down the main ideas [ points ] of what he says.

把他讲话的大意记下来就行了.

8. Precis this chapter in two pages.

用两页写出这一章的大意.

9. That is what he said, to that effect.

那便是他所说的话, 大意是如此.

10. What's the purport of her letter?

她的信的大意是什么?

11. A circular to this effect will be issued in the next few weeks.

接下来的几周内将发布一份大意如此的通告。

12. The committee drew out a plan for the reorganization, without showing any details.

委员会只提供了改组计划的大意, 没有细加说明.

13. He cited a Chinese proverb to the effect that you should never wish ill on your neighbour.

他引用了一个中国谚语，大意是不应对邻居心存恶念之类的。

14. America conventionally attaches a rider to Israeli aid, to the effect that it must not be used in the occupied territories.

美国按照惯例在对以色列的援助中提出了附加条款，大意是该援助不能用于被占领地区。

15. He suggested that many of the ideas just would not work. But the tenor of his input was "Right on! Please show us how to make them work".

他认为这些想法有很多根本就不会奏效。但是他说话的大意却是“好极了!请告诉我们怎么让它们见效”。