point

◎ 单词释义

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

过去式: pointed 过去分词: pointed 现在分词: pointing 第三人称单数: points

点

尖端

小数点

特点，特征

时刻

目的

要点，重点，核心问题

得分

论点

地点

阶段，关头

插座

圆规

v.(动词)

指出，提出，强调

指向，对着，朝向，把...指向

弄尖，削尖

表明

引导

指引

指路

指点

指看，指

把...对准

给...加标点

给...加小数点

以尖状物抵住某人或某事物

n.(名词)

[C]要点,论点,观点 thing said as part of a discussion

[C]尖端,尖儿 sharp or tapered end of sth; tip

[C]点; 小数点 thing that has position but no size, e.g. the place where two lines cross; any dot used in writing or printing, e.g. as a full stop, as a marker of decimals, etc

[C](某一)时刻,(某一)地点 particular time or instant; particular place or locality

[C]分数,得分 unit of measurement, value, scoring, etc.

[U][S]目的,意图 aim, goal, end, objective

[C]条款,细目 individual idea of sth said, done or planned; single item or detail

v.(动词)

vt. 削尖 make a point on

vt. & vi. 指; 指向 call attention to sth/sb; show the position or direction of sth/sb

vt. 增强 give force to

point

noun

1. a contact in the distributor
as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs

Synonym: distributor pointbreaker point

2. sharp end

e.g. he stuck the point of the knife into a tree
he broke the point of his pencil

3. a wall socket

Synonym: power point

4. the gun muzzle's direction

e.g. he held me up at the point of a gun

Synonym: gunpoint

5. an outstanding characteristic

e.g. his acting was one of the high points of the movie

Synonym: spot

6. a distinguishing or individuating characteristic

e.g. he knows my bad points as well as my good points

7. the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip

Synonym: pointedness

8. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

e.g. several of the details are similar
a point of information

Synonym: detailitem

9. a geometric element that has position but no extension

e.g. a point is defined by its coordinates

10. the object of an activity

e.g. what is the point of discussing it?

11. a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list

e.g. 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

Synonym: item

12. a brief version of the essential meaning of something

e.g. get to the point
he missed the point of the joke
life has lost its point

13. the dot at the left of a decimal fraction

Synonym: decimal pointpercentage point

14. a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

e.g. the point of the arrow was due north

Synonym: head

15. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

e.g. in England they call a period a stop

Synonym: periodfull stopstopfull point

16. the precise location of something
a spatially limited location

e.g. she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street

17. a promontory extending out into a large body of water

e.g. they sailed south around the point

18. one percent of the total principal of a loan
it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan

19. the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest

e.g. he scored 20 points in the first half
a touchdown counts 6 points

20. a linear unit used to measure the size of type
approximately 1/72 inch

21. a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect

22. any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass

e.g. he checked the point on his compass

Synonym: compass point

23. a V shape

e.g. the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points

Synonym: tippeak

24. a very small circular shape

e.g. a row of points
draw lines between the dots

Synonym: dot

25. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

e.g. a remarkable degree of frankness
at what stage are the social sciences?

Synonym: degreelevelstage

26. an instant of time

e.g. at that point I had to leave

Synonym: point in time

point的意思

verb

1. repair the joints of bricks

e.g. point a chimney

Synonym: repoint

2. give a point to

e.g. The candles are tapered

Synonym: sharpentaper

3. be a signal for or a symptom of

e.g. These symptoms indicate a serious illness
Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued

Synonym: bespeakbetokenindicatesignal

4. indicate a place, direction, person, or thing
either spatially or figuratively

e.g. I showed the customer the glove section
He pointed to the empty parking space
he indicated his opponents

Synonym: indicatedesignateshow

5. indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle

e.g. the dog pointed the dead duck

6. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

e.g. He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face
criticism directed at her superior
direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself

Synonym: targetaimplacedirect

7. direct into a position for use

e.g. point a gun
He charged his weapon at me

Synonym: chargelevel

8. be positionable in a specified manner

e.g. The gun points with ease

9. mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes

10. mark with diacritics

e.g. point the letter

11. mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics

12. sail close to the wind

Synonym: luff

13. direct the course
determine the direction of travelling

Synonym: steermaneuvermanoeuvermanoeuvredirectheadguidechannelizechannelise

14. be oriented

e.g. The weather vane points North
the dancers toes pointed outward

Synonym: orient

1. 观点；看法；论点
You use point to refer to something that someone has said or written.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

2. 论据；道理
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.

e.g. '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。
e.g. Oh I take your point, 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 the point.'...
“我请你跟我谈了吗？”——“问题不在这儿。”
e.g. 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。

4. 意义；目的；作用
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.

e.g. What was the point of thinking about him?...
想他有什么用呢？
e.g. There was no point in staying any longer.
再留下来就没有意义了。

5. 细节；方面；特性
A point 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 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。

6. 地点；地方；（表示位置的）点，处
A point is a particular place or position where something happens.

e.g. 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。
e.g. The pain originated from a point 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 use point 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 some point...
我们都将在某个时间死去。
e.g. 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。

8. 尖；尖端；尖头
The point 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 use point 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 three point seven...
这里是调频立体声103.7。
e.g. 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。

10. （用作某些体育运动等计分单位的）点，分
In some sports, competitions, and games, a point 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 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。
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
The points 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, 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.

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

in AM, use 美国英语用 switches

13. 插座
A point is an electric socket.

e.g. ...too far away from the nearest electrical point.
离最近的电掣位也太远

14. （用手指）指
If you point 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 you point something at 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 something points to a place or points 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 something points 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 you point 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 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.

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 is beside 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 the point.
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 someone comes to the point or gets to the point, they start talking about the thing that is most important to them.

e.g. 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。”
e.g. Was she ever going to get to the point?
她到底还会不会讲到重点？

23. 证明自己的论点
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.

e.g. I think you've made your point, 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 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。

24. 特意；故意
If you make a point of doing something, you do it in a very deliberate or obvious way.

point的反义词

e.g. 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。

25. 正要…之际；就要…之时
If you are on the point of doing something, you are about to do it.

e.g. He was on the point of saying something when the phone rang...
他正要说话时电话铃响了。
e.g. She looked on the point of tears.
她看起来就要哭了。

26. 切题的；中肯的
Something that is to 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 the point...
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 the point.
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 true up 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 a point.'
“她行不行？”——“嗯，某种程度上来说还可以。”
e.g. It worked up to a point.
它起了一定作用。

28. a case in point -> see case
in point of fact -> see fact
to point the finger at someone -> see finger
a sore point -> see sore

相关词组：point out

1. point的近义词

1. point：properties of foreign language teaching; 特点

2. point

2. point：polymer optical interconnect technology; 聚合物光纤互连技术

n.(名词)

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”。

v.(动词)

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。

n.(名词)

at the point of, in point of, on the point of

这组短语的意思并不完全相同。其区别在于：

1.at the point of和on the point of的意思都是“将近…的时候”“即将…的时候”,前者多接名词,后者多接动名词。例如:

The boy hurt in the accident lay at the point of death for weeks, then he got well.事故中受伤的男孩生命垂危达数星期,后来他恢复了健康。

I'm glad you've come.I was on the point of telephoning you, but you've saved me the trouble now.你来了,我真高兴。刚才我正要给你打电话,但现在你让我省事了。

2.in point of意思是“关于”“就…而论”。例如:

In point of that test,I have discussed with him. 关于那个试验,我已经和他讨论了。

3.on the point of比 at the point of表示的时间更迫近。试体会：

The man was at the point of death.

这人快要死了。

The man was on the point of death.

这人就要死了。

v.(动词)

point by point, point for point, point to point

这组短语的意思并不相同。其区别在于：

1.point by point的意思是“一点一点地”。例如:

The fire burns down point by point.火一点一点地变弱了。

2.point for point的意思是“一点一点地对比”。例如:

Point for point you must choose between the two men.一点一点地对比你必须在这两人中间挑一个。

3.point to point的意思是“从一点到另一点”。例如:

We advanced from point to point.我们从一点走向另一点。

n.(名词)现在哭也没有什么用了。

误

There's no point to cry now.

正

There's no point in crying now.

正

There's no point crying now.
如果情况属实,再跟他争辩就没有意义了。

误

If it is the case, there is no point to argue further with him.

正

If it is the case, there is no point in arguing further with him.

正

If it is the case, there is no point arguing further with him.

析

there's no point后不能接动词不定式,只能接(in) v -ing结构。
为了完成这件事,我们必须做到两点。

误

In order to finish the work, we must do two points.

正

In order to finish the work, we must do two things.

析

误句为中式英语,这里的两点的含义是“两件事”。
v.(动词)他指了指墙上的标示牌。

误

He pointed the sign on the wall.

正

He pointed at〔to〕 the sign on the wall.
时针指向一点半。

误

The hands of the clock pointed at half past one.

正

The hands of the clock pointed to half past one.

析

point是不及物动词,后接宾语时要用at或to。在表示“时针指向”时,介词只能用to,不能用at。
当时他正把枪对准我。

误

He was pointing the gun to me.

正

He was pointing the gun at me.

析

point表示“指”,是不及物动词,表示“指着…”要用point at〔to〕 ...,作“把…指向…”“把…对准…”解时point是及物动词,要用point...at结构。
我指出了她的错误。

误

I pointed to her mistake.

正

I pointed out her mistake.
讲解员给我们指出了所有有意思的东西。

误

The guide pointed to us all the objects of interest.

正

The guide pointed out to us all the objects of interest.
一切证据都表明他有罪。

误

All evidences point out his guilt.

正

All evidences point to his guilt.

析

point out表示“指出…”,相当于及物动词的用法,后接宾语; point to意为“说明”“表明”。
他把枪放在洞里,枪口朝外。

误

He placed his gun in the hole, pointed outward.

正

He placed his gun in the hole, pointing outward.

析

“枪口朝外”构成句子的伴随状语,需用现在分词。

☆ 直接源自拉丁语的pungere，意为刺穿。

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