"the long and the short of it" 的Chinese (Traditional)翻译

總之簡而言之

释义

用來說明某事最重要或最基本的重點，通常在詳細說明後。意思是「總之」或「簡而言之」。

屬口語用法，常用於解釋或故事後作總結，與「總之」「簡而言之」相同。在正式或學術寫作中不太適合使用。

The long and the short of it is that we have to start over.

**總之**，我們得重新開始。

She explained the problem, but the long and the short of it is that we were late.

她解釋了問題，但**總之**，我們遲到了。

The long and the short of it is that we can't afford it.

**簡而言之**，我們負擔不起。

We talked for an hour, but the long and the short of it is that nothing has changed.

我們聊了一個小時，**總之**，什麼都沒改變。

If you're looking for details, it's a long story, but the long and the short of it is that I got the job.

細節的話很長，不過**簡而言之**，我得到了這份工作。

Everyone had opinions, but the long and the short of it is that the meeting was canceled.

每個人都有意見，但**總之**，會議被取消了。