point /pɔɪnt/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

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

  例：

  We disagree with every point she makes.

  我们不同意她提出的任何观点。

  例：

  The following account will clearly illustrate this point.

  以下的陈述将清楚地阐明这一看法。

• 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

  例：

  "If he'd already killed once, surely he'd have killed Sarah?" She had a point there.

  “如果他已经杀过一次人，莎拉就一定是他杀的了吗？”她这句话有道理。

• 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. 要点

  例：

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

  “我要你跟我说了吗？”—“问题不在这儿。”

• 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. 意义; 目的

  例：

  What was the point of thinking about him?

  想着他有什么意义呢？

• 5. 

  N-COUNT A point is a detail, aspect, or quality of something or someone. 细节 (之处)

  例：

  Many of the points in the report are correct.

  报告中的很多细节是正确的。

  例：

  The most interesting point about the village was its religion.

  这个村庄最有趣的一点是它的宗教。

• 6. 

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

  例：

  I'm sure there's another point we could meet at, but not there.

  我确信我们还有别的地点可以会面，但不是那儿。

• 7. 

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

  例：

  We're all going to die at some point.

  我们都会在某一时刻死去的。

  例：

  It got to the point where he had to leave.

  到了他不得不离开的时候了。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT The point of something such as a pin, needle, or knife is the thin, sharp end of it. (别针、针、刀等的) 尖端

  例：

  Put the tomatoes into a bowl and stab each one with the point of a knife.

  把那些西红柿放在一只碗里，然后用刀尖把每个都划开。

• 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. 点; 小数点

  例：

  This is FM stereo one oh three point seven.

  这里是调频立体声广播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. (体育比赛中的) 得分

  例：

  Chamberlain scored 50 or more points four times in the season.

  张伯伦在那个赛季中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. (罗盘的) 方位点

  例：

  Sightseers arrived from all points of the compass.

  观光客从四面八方赶了过来。

• 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. (铁轨的) 接点 [英国英语]

  例：

  ...a set of railway tracks – including points – and a model train.

  …一套铁轨–含转辙器–和一个火车模型。

• 13. 

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