英汉词典

point 基本解释

• n. 要点；得分；标点；[机] 尖端
• vt. 指向；弄尖；加标点于
• vi. 表明；指向
• n. (Point)人名；(法)普安

point 词态变化

point 中文词源

来自古法语point,点，刺点，斑点，勾缝，来自拉丁语punctum,刺点，来自拉丁语pungere,刺，-ct,过去分词格，来自PIE*peug,刺，词源同pugnacious,puncture.并引申诸相关词义。

point 英文词源

point

point: [13] ‘Sharp end’ is the etymological notion underlying point. For it comes ultimately from Latin pungere ‘prick, pierce’ (source also of English expunge, poignant and pungent). The neuter form of its past participle, punctum, was used as a noun, meaning ‘small hole made by pricking, dot, particle, etc’ (it is the source of English punctual, punctuation, etc), which passed into Old French as point.

Then in the post-classical period a further noun was created, from the feminine past participle puncta, meaning ‘sharp tip’, and this gave Old French pointe. The two have remained separate in French, but in English they have coalesced in point. The Spanish descendant of Latin punctum, punta, has given English punt ‘bet’.
=> compunction, expunge, poignant, punctual, punctuation, punt

point (n.)

c. 1200, "minute amount, single item in a whole; sharp end of a sword, etc.," a merger of two words, both ultimately from Latin pungere "prick, pierce, puncture" (see pungent). The Latin neuter past participle punctum was used as a noun, meaning "small hole made by pricking," subsequently extended to anything that looked like one, hence, "dot, particle," etc. This yielded Old French point "dot; smallest amount," which was borrowed in Middle English by c. 1300.

Meanwhile the Latin fem. past participle of pungere was puncta, which was used in Medieval Latin to mean "sharp tip," and became Old French pointe "point of a weapon, vanguard of an army," which also passed into English, early 14c.

The senses have merged in English, but remain distinct in French. Extended senses are from the notion of "minute, single, or separate items in an extended whole." Meaning "small mark, dot" in English is mid-14c. Meaning "distinguishing feature" is recorded from late 15c. Meaning "a unit of score in a game" is first recorded 1746. As a typeface unit (in Britain and U.S., one twelfth of a pica), it went into use in U.S. 1883. As a measure of weight for precious stones (one one-hundredth of a carat) it is recorded from 1931.

The point "the matter being discussed" is attested from late 14c.; meaning "sense, purpose, advantage" (usually in the negative, as in what's the point?) is first recorded 1903. Point of honor (1610s) translates French point d'honneur. Point of no return (1941) is originally aviators' term for the point in a flight "before which any engine failure requires an immediate turn around and return to the point of departure, and beyond which such return is no longer practical."

point (v.)

late 14c., "indicate with the finger;" c. 1400, "wound by stabbing; make pauses in reading a text; seal or fill openings or joints or between tiles," partly from Old French pointoier "to prick, stab, jab, mark," and also from point (n.).

Mid-15c. as "to stitch, mend." From late 15c. as "stitch, mend;" also "furnish (a garment) with tags or laces for fastening;" from late 15c. as "aim (something)." Related: Pointed; pointing. To point up "emphasize" is from 1934; to point out is from 1570s.

point 词组搭配

point 英文释义

1. a geometric element that has position but no extension;

"a point is defined by its coordinates"

2. the precise location of something; a spatially limited location;

"she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"

3. a brief version of the essential meaning of something;

"get to the point"

"he missed the point of the joke"

"life has lost its point"

4. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process;

"a remarkable degree of frankness"

"at what stage are the social sciences?"

5. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole;

"several of the details are similar"

"a point of information"

6. an instant of time;

"at that point I had to leave"

7. the object of an activity;

"what is the point of discussing it?"

8. a V shape;

"the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"

9. a very small circular shape;

"a row of points"

"draw lines between the dots"

10. the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest;

"he scored 20 points in the first half"

"a touchdown counts 6 points"

11. a promontory extending out into a large body of water;

"they sailed south around the point"

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

"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"

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

14. an outstanding characteristic;

"his acting was one of the high points of the movie"

15. sharp end;

"he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"

"he broke the point of his pencil"

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

"he checked the point on his 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;

"in England they call a period a stop"

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

"the point of the arrow was due north"

20. the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point

21. a distinguishing or individuating characteristic;

"he knows my bad points as well as my good points"

22. the gun muzzle's direction;

"he held me up at the point of a gun"

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

point 双语例句

1. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.

当你从内心深处找到一种可以忍受一切痛苦的坚强力量时，你的成长历程就会出现飞跃。

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2. I don't see the point in it really. It's just stupid.

我真的不理解这到底有什么意义，简直是愚蠢透顶。

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3. It got to the point where he had to leave.

到了他不得不走的地步。

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4. By 1973, this gap had narrowed almost to vanishing point.

到1973年，这一差距已缩小到几乎为零。

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5. A point of order was raised in parliament by Mr Ben Morris.

本·莫里斯先生在议会就程序问题提出质询。

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point 实用场景例句

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。

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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。

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'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。

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Oh I take your point, John, about that.

噢，约翰，关于那一点，我觉得你说得对。

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'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。”

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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。

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What was the point of thinking about him?...

想他有什么用呢？

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There was no point in staying any longer.

再留下来就没有意义了。

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Many of the points in the report are correct...

报告中的很多细节是正确的。

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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。

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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。

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The pain originated from a point in his right thigh.

疼痛是从他右大腿的某处开始的。

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We're all going to die at some point...

我们都将在某个时间死去。

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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。

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This is FM stereo one oh three point seven...

这里是调频立体声103.7。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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Sightseers arrived from all points of the compass.

观光者来自四面八方。

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...the rattle of the wheels across the points.

驶过道岔的车轮发出的哐啷哐啷声

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...too far away from the nearest electrical point.

离最近的电掣位也太远

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I pointed at the boy sitting nearest me...

我指了指坐得离我最近的男孩。

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He pointed at me with the stem of his pipe...

他用烟斗柄指着我。

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David Khan pointed his finger at Mary...

戴维·卡恩用手指指着玛丽。

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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。

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An arrow pointed to the toilets...

箭头指向卫生间。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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