point
音标发音
- 英式音标 [pɒɪnt]
- 美式音标 [pɔɪnt]
- 国际音标 [pɔint]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.观点；看法；要点；重点；特点；点；地点；小数点；尖端；岬角；海角；意义；目标；分数；(罗盘上的)方位点；(温度的)点；插座；(字体)磅值
- v.指；指向；朝向；瞄准；灰泥或水泥勾（某物）的砖缝
词源解说
- 直接源自拉丁语的pungere，意为刺穿。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- pointless：无意义的；钝的；不尖的；不得要领的。
- pointed：尖的；突出的；锐利的；率直的。
- adv性质的同根词
- pointedly：尖锐地；指向地。
- pointlessly：不相干地；漫无目标地；不得要领地（pointless的副词形式）。
- n性质的同根词
- pointer：指针；指示器；教鞭；暗示。
- pointlessness：钝；无意义；漫无目标。
- v性质的同根词
- pointed：指出；瞄准（point的过去式）。
用法辨析
- point用作名词时的意思比较多,可作“要点,论点,观点,尖端,尖儿,点; 小数点,标点,(某一)时刻,(某一)地点,分数,得分,条款,细目”“特点,特征,长处”等解,均用作可数名词。作“目的,意图”解时,是不可数名词,多与the 连用。
- in point意思是“切题的,恰当的”; in point of意思是“就…而言,在…方面”; make a point of sth 意思是“特别重视某一事项”; not to put too fine a point on it意思是“不客气地说,直截了当地说”。
- point用作动词的意思是“削尖”“弄尖”“使尖锐”,引申表示为“指向”“对准”“加强”“强调”等。
- point既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语; 用作不及物动词时,常与介词to,at,towards等连用,表示“指向某位置或方向”,或者表示“表明”“暗示”等。
- point作为名词使用时，通常用短语“point of view”来表达一个“观点”或者“意见”；
- 当表达“这是...的观点”时，通常用“from...point of view”，例如from my point of view...(我的观点是...)；
- point在美式英语中也用作“钢笔尖”或者“学分”，相当于英式英语中的“nib”与“credit”；
- 当point作为动词使用时，通常用“piont out”来表达“指出”，后可接双宾语。They pointed us out the building. 两句都指他们为我们指出那座建筑物。
n. (名词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- Let's try to clear up our difficult and doubtful points.
让我们设法把难点和疑点解决一下。 - It was then that she reached the point when she could no longer stand it.
当时她已经到了不能再容忍下去的程度了。 - It's rude to point.
用手指人是不礼貌的。 - You had better point your pencil with this knife.
你最好用这把刀削一下你的铅笔。 - He pointed his boat northward.
他将船驶向北方。
用作名词 (n.)
the ~+wh-clause
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
用作宾补动词: S+～+ n./pron. + adv.
词组短语
- accomplish the point 实现意图
- achieve the point 达到意图
- answer the point 符合意图,能解决问题
- argue point 辩论观点
- arrive at point 达到某种程度
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
英英字典
- (IDEA EXPRESSED) an idea, opinion, or piece of information that is said or written
- (TIME/PLACE) a particular time or stage reached in a process
- (PURPOSE) purpose or usefulness
- (UNIT) a mark or unit for counting, especially how much a person or team has scored in a sport
- (SHARP END) the sharp end of something, such as a knife
- (CHARACTERISTIC) a particular quality or characteristic of a person or thing
- (PIECE OF LAND) a long, thin area of land that stretches out into the sea
- (SIGN) a small, round spot that is used in numbers to separate whole numbers from parts of numbers
- (FEET) the toes of a ballet dancer's shoes
- (ELECTRIC) a socket to which a wire from a piece of electrical equipment is connected in order to supply it with electricity or a radio, television, or other signal
- (RAILWAY) a place on a railway track where the rails (= metal bars on which the trains travel) can be moved to allow a train to change from one track to another
- (MARK) a small, round mark on a line, plan, or map to show the position of something
- to direct other people's attention to something by holding out your finger towards it
- relating to when a ballet dancer dances on their toes
- You use point to refer to something that someone has said or written.
- 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.
- The point of what you are saying or discussing is the most important part that provides a reason or explanation for the rest.
- 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.
- A point is a detail, aspect, or quality of something or someone.
- A point is a particular place or position where something happens.
- You use point to refer to a particular time, or to a particular stage in the development of something.
- 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.
- In some sports, competitions, and games, a point is one of the single marks that are added together to give the total score.
- The points of the compass are directions such as North, South, East, and West.
- On a railway line, 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.
- &rarrsee also breaking point , focal point , point of sale , point of view , sticking point , vantage point
- If you point at a person or thing, you hold out your finger toward them in order to make someone notice them.
- If you point something at someone, you aim the tip or end of it toward them.
- If something points to a place or points in a particular direction, it shows where that place is or it faces in that direction.
- If something points to a particular situation, it suggests that the situation exists or is likely to occur.
- If you point to something that has happened or that is happening, you are using it as proof that a particular situation exists.
- &rarrsee also pointed
- If you say that something is beside the point, you mean that it is not relevant to the subject that you are discussing.
- When someone comes to the point or gets to the point, they start talking about the thing that is most important to them.
- 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.
- If you make a point of doing something, you do it in a very deliberate or obvious way.
- If you are on the point of doing something, you are about to do it.
- Something that is to the point is relevant to the subject that you are discussing, or expressed neatly without wasting words or time.
- If you say that something is true up to a point, you mean that it is partly but not completely true.
- A point is a unit of measurement equal to one twelfth of a pica, or approximately 0.01384 inch. There are approximately 72 points to the inch.
- in point of fact&rarrsee fact
- to point the finger at someone&rarrsee finger
- a sore point&rarrsee sore
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专业释义
- 得分
- 极点
- 点
- 点
- 尖端
- 边傍
- 腧穴