point
常用用法
- 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。 返回 point
n. (名词)
v. (动词)
词语辨析
- 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。
- 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。
- 这组词(组)的共同意思是“意见”或“建议”。其区别在于:
- 1.point of view指看问题的角度,着眼于对事物的考虑方法,多指别人的观点。例如:
- It is wrong to approach a problem from a metaphysical point of view.用形而上学的观点来看待问题是错误的。
- 2.opinion一般指对事物的看法,包括从纯个人的判断到较权威性的评论。例如:
- He always imposes his opinion upon others.他总是把自己的意见强加于人。
- The opinion is accepted as true.这个意见被认为是正确的。
- Most of my classmates accord in that opinion.我们班大多数同学都是那个意见。
- 3.counsel是正式用语,多指重要的或具有权威性的意见。例如:
- You had better follow his counsel.你最好听从他的忠告。
- They refused to listen to the old man's counsel.他们不听老人的劝告。
- 4.view表示对某事物的特殊看法,特指个人学识与感情影响的意见,常用复数形式。例如:
- His views are conservative.他的见解是保守的。
- 5.advice通常指向某人提出意见或看法,促使对方去做或不做某事以免犯错误,有劝告的意味。例如:
- He asked me to give him some advice.他请我给他提些建议。
- I accepted his advice in buying a new car.我听了他的话买了辆新车。
- She countered that her advice had not been heeded.她反驳说她的建议未被重视。
- She pricked herself with the point of a needle.
- She pricked herself on the point of a needle.
- 她被针扎了一下。
- The roof seems on the point of falling in.
- The roof seems at the point of falling in.
- 屋顶眼看就要塌下来了。
- He made a point of drawing him into the conversation.
- He made it a point to draw him into the conversation.
- 他决意要引导他发言。
- 这两个短语的意思有所区别:point to的意思是“指向”; 而point at的意思是“指着”,含有某种目的性。以事物作主语时,用point to更常见。例如:
- The needle of a compass points to the north.罗盘指向北方。
- We must teach our children that it is not polite and ill-bred to point at people.我们必须教育自己的孩子,用手指人是不礼貌的,没教养的。
- 另外, point at可分开用,即point后直接跟名词或代词作宾语, at表示方向; 而point to不能这样用。例如:
- Point the gun at the target.用枪对准靶子。
- 这组词的共同意思是“对准”“瞄准”,它们之间的区别是:
- 1.瞄准方法不同:aim指端起枪瞄准; train指把枪放在对准其目标的位置上; level指把枪放在水平位置上瞄准; point则指以某物的一端或尖端对准某一点。例如:
- The army trained its cannon on the fort.军队把大炮对准了要塞。
- The second sentry leveled his halberd at the parson's breast.第二个警卫把他的戟对准了牧师的胸口。
- He pointed his finger at me.他用手指着我。
- 2.搭配范围不同:aim和train可以表示以镜头对准; 而level和point不能这样用。例如可以说He trained the camera upon the children.它把相机对准孩子们。
- 3.连用的介词不同:aim与at, for连用; train与on〔upon〕连用; level与at, against 连用; 而point则与at, to连用。
- 4.使用场合不同:aim for多见于较正式的文体中。
- 这组词(组)都有“表示”“表明”的意思。其区别在于:
- 1.point out更强调“指出”。例如:
- She pointed out that the closing date for making applications had passed.她指出申请的截止日期已经过了。
- 2.show通常用于一眼就可以看清的东西,多用于有意识的行为。例如:
- Does the mark of the wound still show?伤痕还看得出吗?
- Tickets, please. Show your tickets.票,请把票拿出来。
- 3.indicate常用于无意识的行为。例如:
- A signpost indicated the right road for us to follow.一个路标给我们指示应走的路。
- The state of his clothes indicates clearly that he has been playing football.他的衣服表明他一直在踢足球。 返回 point