point
n. 观点; 要点; 意义,目的; 细节; 特点; 地点; 时刻; 尖; 点,分; 罗经点; 插座
v. 指(向)向; 瞄准; 勾缝; 表明; 强调
You use point to refer to something that someone has said or written.
We disagree with every point Mr Blunkett makes...
布伦基特先生提出的观点我们一个都不同意。
Dave Hill's article makes the right point about the Taylor Report...
戴夫·希尔的文章对《泰勒报告》的看法是正确的。
If you say that someone has a point, or if you take their point, you mean that you accept that what they have said is important and should be considered.
'If he'd already killed once, surely he'd have killed Sarah?' She had a point 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。
Oh I take your point, John, about that.
噢,约翰,关于那一点,我觉得你说得对。
The point of what you are saying or discussing is the most important part that provides a reason or explanation for the rest.
'Did I ask you to talk to me?' — 'That's not the point.'...
“我请你跟我谈了吗?”——“问题不在这儿。”
The American Congress and media mostly missed the point about all this.
美国国会和媒体大都没搞清这一切的核心问题。
If you ask what the point of something is, or say that there is no point in it, you are indicating that a particular action has no purpose or would not be useful.
What was the point of thinking about him?...
想他有什么用呢?
There was no point in staying any longer.
再留下来就没有意义了。
A point is a detail, aspect, or quality of something or someone.
Many of the points in the report are correct...
报告中的很多细节是正确的。
The most interesting point about the village was its religion...
这个村庄最有意思的地方就是它的宗教。
A point is a particular place or position where something happens.
As a mark of respect the emperor met him at a point 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。
The pain originated from a point in his right thigh.
疼痛是从他右大腿的某处开始的。
You use point to refer to a particular time, or to a particular stage in the development of something.
We're all going to die at some point...
我们都将在某个时间死去。
At one point, around 70,000 members had failed to pay...
一度曾有约7万名成员没有支付费用。
The point of something such as a pin, needle, or knife is the thin, sharp end of it.
In spoken English, you use point to refer to the dot or mark in a decimal number that separates the whole numbers from the fractions.
This is FM stereo one oh three point seven...
这里是调频立体声103.7。
Inflation at nine point four percent is the worst for eight years.
9.4%的通货膨胀率是8年来最糟的。
In some sports, competitions, and games, a point is one of the single marks that are added together to give the total score.
They lost the 1977 World Cup final to Australia by a single point...
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。
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。
The points of the compass are directions such as North, South, East, and West.
Sightseers arrived from all points of the compass.
观光者来自四面八方。
On a railway track, the points 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.
...the rattle of the wheels across the points.
驶过道岔的车轮发出的哐啷哐啷声
A point is an electric socket.
...too far away from the nearest electrical point.
离最近的电掣位也太远
If you point at a person or thing, you hold out your finger towards them in order to make someone notice them.
I pointed at the boy sitting nearest me...
我指了指坐得离我最近的男孩。
He pointed at me with the stem of his pipe...
他用烟斗柄指着我。
If you point something at someone, you aim the tip or end of it towards them.
David Khan pointed his finger at Mary...
戴维·卡恩用手指指着玛丽。
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。
If something points to a place or points in a particular direction, it shows where that place is or it faces in that direction.
An arrow pointed to the toilets...
箭头指向卫生间。
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。
If something points to a particular situation, it suggests that the situation exists or is likely to occur.
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。
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。
If you point to something that has happened or that is happening, you are using it as proof that a particular situation exists.
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。
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。
When builders point 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.
If you say that something is beside the point, you mean that it is not relevant to the subject that you are discussing.
Brian didn't like it, but that was beside the point.
布赖恩不喜欢它,但那并不重要。
When someone comes to the point or gets to the point, they start talking about the thing that is most important to them.
He came to the point 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。”
Was she ever going to get to the point?
她到底还会不会讲到重点?
If you make your point or prove your point, you prove that something is true, either by arguing about it or by your actions or behaviour.
I think you've made your point, dear...
亲爱的,我想你已证明你的观点了。
Dr David McCleland, of Boston University, studied one-hundred people, aged eighteen to sixty, to prove the point...
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。
If you make a point of doing something, you do it in a very deliberate or obvious way.
She made a point 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。
If you are on the point of doing something, you are about to do it.
He was on the point of saying something when the phone rang...
他正要说话时电话铃响了。
She looked on the point of tears.
她看起来就要哭了。
Something that is to the point is relevant to the subject that you are discussing, or expressed neatly without wasting words or time.
Mr. Baker was smiling and to the point...
贝克先生微笑着,说得很中肯。
The description which he had been given was brief and to the point.
给他的描述言简意赅。
If you say that something is true up to a point, you mean that it is partly but not completely true.
'Was she good?' — 'Mmm. Up to a point.'
“她行不行?”——“嗯,某种程度上来说还可以。”
It worked up to a point.
它起了一定作用。
1. a geometric element that has position but no extension;
2. the precise location of something; a spatially limited location;
3. a brief version of the essential meaning of something;
4. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process;
5. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole;
6. an instant of time;
7. the object of an activity;
8. a V shape;
9. a very small circular shape;
10. the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest;
11. a promontory extending out into a large body of water;
12. a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list;
13. a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
14. an outstanding characteristic;
15. sharp end;
16. any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass;
17. a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
18. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations;
19. a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer;
20. the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point
21. a distinguishing or individuating characteristic;
22. the gun muzzle's direction;
23. a wall socket
24. a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs
1. indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively;
2. be oriented;
3. direct into a position for use;
4. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
5. be a signal for or a symptom of;
6. sail close to the wind
7. mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
8. mark with diacritics;
9. mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
10. be positionable in a specified manner;
11. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;
12. give a point to;
13. repair the joints of bricks;
at all points
在各部分;在各方面;完全地
case in point
恰当的例子
in point of fact
make one's point
(清楚地,有说服力地)阐明观点
off the point
不沾边,不相关
point the finger
公开指责,公开责备
the point of no return
只能进不能退的地步
point of sailing
(帆船相对于风向的)艏向
score points
占欺头,在争辩中胜过
take someone's point
(主英)接受某人的观点(或立场)
up to a point
在一定程度上,有一点
win on points
(拳击)以得分高(而不是击倒对手)取胜
point something out
(为引人注目或注意而用手指)指出
指出,指明
beside the point
和手头的事无关的
It is rude to point.
指指点点是不礼貌的.
The Chinese make a point of their personal honor.
中国人特别重视个人荣誉.
We can sum up the main point of the lesson in three sentences.
我们可以用三句话来概括本课要点.
I'm in a hurry, so come to the point.
请直说吧, 我很忙.
The bridge crosses the river at its narrowest point.
大桥在河的最狭处横跨河面.