プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ようりょう【要領】
❶〔要点〕the point; the gist ((of))
要領を得ない質問だね
Your question isn't to the point.
私には彼の話の要領が全く分からなかった
I missed the whole point of his talk.
彼の言うことはすべて要領を得なくて分からない
Everything he says is so vague that I can't tell what he means.
❷〔物事の処理の仕方〕
彼は子供と遊ぶ要領を心得ていた
He was very good at playing with children.
要領のいい［悪い］男だ
He knows [doesn't know] how to get 「things done [ahead].
妻は金を扱う要領を心得ている［いない］
My wife handles money matters efficiently [ineptly].
この仕事の要領がまだつかめない
I haven't got the knack [《口》 hang] of this job yet.