"a point is defined by its coordinates"
"she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
"get to the point"
"he missed the point of the joke"
"life has lost its point"
"several of the details are similar"
"a point of information"
"a remarkable degree of frankness"
"at what stage are the social sciences?"
"at that point I had to leave"
"what is the point of discussing it?"
"the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
"a row of points"
"draw lines between the dots"
"he scored 20 points in the first half"
"a touchdown counts 6 points"
"they sailed south around the point"
"he noticed an item in the New York Times"
"she had several items on her shopping list"
"the main point on the agenda was taken up first"
"his acting was one of the high points of the movie"
"he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"
"he broke the point of his pencil"
"he checked the point on his compass"
"in England they call a period a stop"
"the point of the arrow was due north"
"he knows my bad points as well as my good points"
"he held me up at the point of a gun"
"I showed the customer the glove section"
"He pointed to the empty parking space"
"he indicated his opponents"
"The weather vane points North"
"the dancers toes pointed outward"
"point a gun"
"He charged his weapon at me"
"These symptoms indicate a serious illness"
"Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"
"The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
"point the letter"
"The gun points with ease"
"He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"
"criticism directed at her superior"
"direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
"the dog pointed the dead duck"
"The candles are tapered"
"point a chimney"
1.观点;看法;论点
You usepoint to refer to something that someone has said or written.
e.g. We disagree with everypoint Mr Blunkett makes...
布伦基特先生提出的观点我们一个都不同意。
e.g. Dave Hill's article makes the rightpoint about the Taylor Report...
戴夫·希尔的文章对《泰勒报告》的看法是正确的。
2.论据;道理
If you say that someonehas a point, or if youtake theirpoint, you mean that you accept that what they have said is important and should be considered.
e.g. 'If he'd already killed once, surely he'd have killed Sarah?' She had apoint there...
“如果他杀过一次人,那他一定已经杀了萨拉吧?”她说得有道理。
e.g. Oh I take yourpoint, John, about that.
噢,约翰,关于那一点,我觉得你说得对。
3.要点;核心问题
The point of what you are saying or discussing is the most important part that provides a reason or explanation for the rest.
e.g. 'Did I ask you to talk to me?' — 'That's not thepoint.'...
“我请你跟我谈了吗?”——“问题不在这儿。”
e.g. The American Congress and media mostly missed thepoint about all this.
美国国会和媒体大都没搞清这一切的核心问题。
4.意义;目的;作用
If you ask whatthe point of something is, or say that there isno point in it, you are indicating that a particular action has no purpose or would not be useful.
e.g. What was thepoint of thinking about him?...
想他有什么用呢?
e.g. There was nopoint in staying any longer.
再留下来就没有意义了。
5.细节;方面;特性
Apoint is a detail, aspect, or quality of something or someone.
e.g. Many of the points in the report are correct...
报告中的很多细节是正确的。
e.g. The most interestingpoint about the village was its religion...
这个村庄最有意思的地方就是它的宗教。
6.地点;地方;(表示位置的)点,处
Apoint is a particular place or position where something happens.
e.g. As a mark of respect the emperor met him at apoint several weeks' march from the capital...
出于尊重,皇帝在离首都还有几个星期路程的地方迎接了他。
e.g. The pain originated from apoint in his right thigh.
疼痛是从他右大腿的某处开始的。
7.(某一)时刻,阶段
You usepoint to refer to a particular time, or to a particular stage in the development of something.
point的近义词
e.g. We're all going to die at somepoint...
我们都将在某个时间死去。
e.g. At onepoint, around 70,000 members had failed to pay...
一度曾有约7万名成员没有支付费用。
8.尖;尖端;尖头
Thepoint of something such as a pin, needle, or knife is the thin, sharp end of it.
9.(口语中表示)小数点
In spoken English, you usepoint to refer to the dot or mark in a decimal number that separates the whole numbers from the fractions.
e.g. This is FM stereo one oh threepoint seven...
这里是调频立体声103.7。
e.g. Inflation at ninepoint four percent is the worst for eight years.
9.4%的通货膨胀率是8年来最糟的。
10.(用作某些体育运动等计分单位的)点,分
In some sports, competitions, and games, apoint is one of the single marks that are added together to give the total score.
point在线翻译
e.g. They lost the 1977 World Cup final to Australia by a singlepoint...
他们在1977年的世界杯决赛中仅以一分之差输给了澳大利亚队。
e.g. Chamberlain scored 50 or more points four times in the season.
张伯伦在赛季中有4次得分不低于50。
11.罗经(方位)点
Thepoints of the compass are directions such as North, South, East, and West.
e.g. Sightseers arrived from all points of the compass.
观光者来自四面八方。
12.(铁轨的)轨尖,道岔
On a railway track, thepoints are the levers and rails at a place where two tracks join or separate. The points enable a train to move from one track to another.
e.g. ...the rattle of the wheels across the points.
驶过道岔的车轮发出的哐啷哐啷声
13.插座
Apoint is an electric socket.
e.g. ...too far away from the nearest electricalpoint.
离最近的电掣位也太远
14.(用手指)指
If youpoint at a person or thing, you hold out your finger towards them in order to make someone notice them.
e.g. I pointed at the boy sitting nearest me...
我指了指坐得离我最近的男孩。
e.g. He pointed at me with the stem of his pipe...
他用烟斗柄指着我。
15.把…对准;使朝向
If youpoint somethingat someone, you aim the tip or end of it towards them.
e.g. David Khan pointed his finger at Mary...
戴维·卡恩用手指指着玛丽。
e.g. A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the trigger.
一名男子用手枪指着他们,扣动了扳机。
16.指向;朝向
If somethingpoints to a place orpoints in a particular direction, it shows where that place is or it faces in that direction.
e.g. An arrow pointed to the toilets...
箭头指向卫生间。
e.g. You can go anywhere and still the compass points north or south...
无论走到哪里,罗盘仍然指向北或南。
17.显示;表明
If somethingpoints to a particular situation, it suggests that the situation exists or is likely to occur.
e.g. Earlier reports pointed to pupils working harder, more continuously, and with enthusiasm...
早些时候的报告显示学生学习更为刻苦、持久,并且怀有学习热情。
e.g. Private polls and embassy reports pointed to a no vote.
私人民意调查和使馆报告表明投票结果将会是否决。
18.着重指出;强调;以…为证明
If youpoint to something that has happened or that is happening, you are using it as proof that a particular situation exists.
e.g. George Fodor points to other weaknesses in the way the campaign has progressed...
乔治·福多尔以运动开展过程中的其他不足为证。
e.g. Gooch last night pointed to their bowling as the key to World Cup success.
古奇昨晚指出,他们的投球是在世界杯上取得成功的关键。
19.(用水泥等)勾嵌(砖或石墙的砌缝)
When builderspoint a wall, they put a substance such as cement into the gaps between the bricks or stones in order to make the wall stronger and seal it.
20. see also: pointed;breaking point;focal point;point of sale;point of view;power point;sticking point;vantage point
21.离题的;不相关的
If you say that something isbeside the point, you mean that it is not relevant to the subject that you are discussing.
e.g. Brian didn't like it, but that was beside thepoint.
布赖恩不喜欢它,但那并不重要。
22.谈到正题;讲到关键问题
When someonecomes to the point orgets to the point, they start talking about the thing that is most important to them.
e.g. He came to thepoint at once. 'You did a splendid job on this case.'...
他立刻切入正题道:“这件案子你处理得很棒。”
e.g. Was she ever going to get to thepoint?
她到底还会不会讲到重点?
23.证明自己的论点
If youmake yourpoint orprove yourpoint, you prove that something is true, either by arguing about it or by your actions or behaviour.
e.g. I think you've made yourpoint, dear...
亲爱的,我想你已证明你的观点了。
e.g. Dr David McCleland, of Boston University, studied one-hundred people, aged eighteen to sixty, to prove thepoint...
为证明这一点,波士顿大学的戴维·麦克莱兰博士对100名年龄在18至60岁之间的人进行了研究。
24.特意;故意
If youmake a point of doing something, you do it in a very deliberate or obvious way.
point的反义词
e.g. She made apoint of spending as much time as possible away from Osborne House.
她特意尽可能地不呆在奥斯本庄园。
25.正要…之际;就要…之时
If you areon the point of doing something, you are about to do it.
e.g. He was on thepoint of saying something when the phone rang...
他正要说话时电话铃响了。
e.g. She looked on thepoint of tears.
她看起来就要哭了。
26.切题的;中肯的
Something that isto the point is relevant to the subject that you are discussing, or expressed neatly without wasting words or time.
e.g. Mr. Baker was smiling and to thepoint...
贝克先生微笑着,说得很中肯。
e.g. The description which he had been given was brief and to thepoint.
给他的描述言简意赅。
27.有一点;在一定程度上
If you say that something is trueup to a point, you mean that it is partly but not completely true.
point是什么意思
e.g. 'Was she good?' — 'Mmm. Up to apoint.'
“她行不行?”——“嗯,某种程度上来说还可以。”
e.g. It worked up to apoint.
它起了一定作用。
28. a case inpoint -> see case
inpoint of fact -> see fact
topoint the finger at someone -> see finger
a sorepoint -> see sore
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2. point
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