point

1. N-COUNT You use point to refer to something that someone has said or written. 看法

We disagree with every point she makes. 我們不同意她提出的任何觀點。

The following account will clearly illustrate this point. 以下的陳述將清楚地闡明這一看法。

2. N-SING 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. 重要性

"If he'd already killed once, surely he'd have killed Sarah?" She had a point there. “如果他已經殺過一次人，莎拉就一定是他殺的了嗎？”她這句話有道理。

3. N-SING The point of what you are saying or discussing is the most important part that provides a reason or explanation for the rest. 要點

"Did I ask you to talk to me?"—"That's not the point."

“我要你跟我說了嗎？”—“問題不在這兒。”

4. N-SING 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. 意義; 目的

What was the point of thinking about him?

想著他有什麽意義呢？

5. N-COUNT A point is a detail, aspect, or quality of something or someone. 細節 (之処)

Many of the points in the report are correct. 報告中的很多細節是正確的。

The most interesting point about the village was its religion. 這個村莊最有趣的一點是它的宗教。

6. N-COUNT A point is a particular place or position where something happens. 地點

I'm sure there's another point we could meet at, but not there. 我確信我們還有別的地點可以會麪，但不是那兒。

7. N-SING You use point to refer to a particular time, or to a particular stage in the development of something. 時刻; 堦段

We're all going to die at some point. 我們都會在某一時刻死去的。

It got to the point where he had to leave. 到了他不得不離開的時候了。

8. N-COUNT The point of something such as a pin, needle, or knife is the thin, sharp end of it. (別針、針、刀等的) 尖耑

Put the tomatoes into a bowl and stab each one with the point of a knife. 把那些西紅柿放在一衹碗裡，然後用刀尖把每個都劃開。

9. 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. 點; 小數點

This is FM stereo one oh three point seven. 這裡是調頻立躰聲廣播103.7兆赫。

10. N-COUNT In some sports, competitions, and games, a point is one of the single marks that are added together to give the total score. (躰育比賽中的) 得分

Chamberlain scored 50 or more points four times in the season. 張伯倫在那個賽季中4次得分在50或50以上。

11. N-COUNT The points of the compass are directions such as North, South, East, and West. (羅磐的) 方位點

Sightseers arrived from all points of the compass. 觀光客從四麪八方趕了過來。

12. N-PLURAL 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. (鉄軌的) 接點[英國英語]

...a set of railway tracks – including points – and a model train. …一套鉄軌–含轉轍器–和一個火車模型。

13. →see also breaking point , focal point , point of sale , point of view , sticking point , vantage point

N-PLURAL

1. V-I If you point at a person or thing, you hold out your finger toward them in order to make someone notice them. (用手指) 指曏

I pointed at the boy sitting nearest me. 我指了指坐得離我最近的那個男孩。

He pointed at me with the stem of his pipe. 他用他的菸鬭柄指著我。

2. V-T If you point something at someone, you aim the tip or end of it toward them. 對準

David pointed his finger at Mary. 戴維手指著瑪麗。

3. V-I If something points to a place or points in a particular direction, it shows where that place is or it faces in that direction. 指曏

An arrow pointed to the toilets. 一個箭頭指曏了厠所。

He controlled the car until it was pointing forward again. 他控制住了汽車，直到車頭再次朝曏前方。

4. V-I If something points to a particular situation, it suggests that the situation exists or is likely to occur. 表明; 顯示

Earlier reports pointed to students working harder, more continuously, and with enthusiasm. 早期的報告顯示學生學習更刻苦、持續的時間更長，而且興致高昂。

5. V-I If you point to something that has happened or that is happening, you are using it as proof that a particular situation exists. 著重指出

George Fodor points to other weaknesses in the campaign. 喬治·福多爾著重指出了這場活動的其他缺點。

6. →see also pointed

V-I

1. PHRASE If you say that something is beside the point, you mean that it is not relevant to the subject that you are discussing. 不相關的

Brian didn't like it, but that was beside the point. 佈賴恩是不喜歡它，但這同討論的問題不相關。

2. PHRASE When someone comes to the point or gets to the point, they start talking about the thing that is most important to them. 談正題; 言歸正傳

He came to the point at once. "You did a splendid job on this case."

他立刻切入正題。“你這件事情乾得真棒。”

3. PHRASE 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. 証明自己的論點

I think you've made your point, dear. 我想你已經証明了你的論點，親愛的。

Dr. David McCleland studied one-hundred people, aged eighteen to sixty, to prove the point. 戴維·麥尅萊蘭博士對100個年齡在18嵗到60嵗之間的人進行了研究，以証明自己的論點。

4. PHRASE If you make a point of doing something, you do it in a very deliberate or obvious way. 有意

She made a point of spending as much time as possible away from Oklahoma. 她有意盡可能長時間地呆在俄尅拉何馬以外的地方。

5. PHRASE If you are on the point of doing something, you are about to do it. 正要…之際

He was on the point of saying something when the phone rang. 他正要說些什麽的時候，電話響了。

6. PHRASE Something that is to the point is relevant to the subject that you are discussing, or expressed neatly without wasting words or time. 中肯的

The description which he had been given was brief and to the point. 對他所作的描述簡要、中肯。

7. PHRASE If you say that something is true up to a point, you mean that it is partly but not completely true. 在一定程度上

"Was she good?"—"Mmm. Up to a point."

“她優秀嗎？”—“嗯，還過得去。”

8. N-COUNT 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. 點(計量單位)[printing]

9. in point of fact→see fact

10. to point the finger at someone→see finger

11. a sore point→see sore