| 单词 | the point |
| 释义 | the pointthe point MAIN MEANING/IDEA 主要的意思/观点 MEANINGthe most important fact or idea 要点，重点；中心意思，主要含义；核心问题 The point is, at least we’re all safely back home. 重要的是，至少我们都安全回家了。 Nobody knows exactly how it works. That’s the whole point. 没有人知道它到底是怎么工作的，这才是问题所在。 He may not have stolen the money himself, but that’s not the point. 他本人也许没偷那笔钱，不过那不是关键。 I wish you’d get to the point (=talk about the most important thing). 我希望你能切入正题。 I’ll come straight to the point (=talk about the most important thing first). 我就直奔主题了。 I need to find out who killed Alf, and more to the point (=what is more important) I need to do it before anyone else gets killed. 我得查出是谁杀了阿尔夫，更重要的是，得在其他人被害之前查出凶手。 We all like him, but that’s beside the point (=not the most important thing). 我们都喜欢他，不过这并不是最重要的。 I think you’ve missed the point (=you have not understood the most important thing). 我想你没听懂重点。 Examples from the Corpus The point is• The point is you've got to get some kind of job.• Observation is an intelligent activity of bringing concepts to bear. The point is potentially radical.• The point isn't to be beautiful. The point is to be yourself.• He saved their letters. The point is they are out there and willing to reply.• Which side is right? The point is of course that the puzzle itself is false in setting up an impossible situation.• To act as secretary. The point is, he's engaged to be married.• No doubt anybody who has ever been abroad could match that. The point is, it could not happen here. → the point at point1(1) |
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