get something across
phrasal verb with get verb uk/ɡet/ us/ɡet/ getting | got | got or gotten
B2 使被理解;使被传达;把…说清楚
to manage to make someone understand or believe something
We tried to get our point across, but he just wouldn't listen. 我们试图解释清楚我们的观点，但他就是不听。
This is the message that we want to get across to the public. 这就是我们想传达给公众的信息。
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- The novel is good at getting the experience of war across to the reader.
- The campaign had clearly failed to get its message across to the public.
- The speaker reiterated the main points he was trying to get across to the audience.
- Do you think he managed to get his ideas across?
- She usually wastes no time in getting her points across.