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单词 finger-pointing
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Definition of finger-pointing in US English:

finger-pointing

noun
informal
  • Actions or words that bring attention to a particular person or issue.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They're not interested in being nasty or finger-pointing or political.
    • Anyone who reads this newsgroup can see at a glance what's wrong: finger-pointing and recriminations dominate the discussion.
    • And Washington could not have chosen a worse moment than now for a paroxysm of finger-pointing.
    • And I must say the name-calling and finger-pointing and blame asserting is not constructive.
    • I know there's going to be a lot of investigations down the road, a lot of finger-pointing.
    • I think these are issues in which finger-pointing is really an easy reaction.
    • This is a time for recrimination and finger-pointing!
    • On the school bus, though, Nina and Zina chafe under the teasing and finger-pointing about their foreign accents and clothes.
    • Meanwhile, among partisans of the losing candidate, there is the consolation of finger-pointing.
    • In my high school, I was the target of much finger-pointing and whispering as I walked around the campus.
    • There has been speculation and finger-pointing, controversy and confusion.
    • The nation needed to be united in its determination and could not afford to surrender to finger-pointing.
    • John, the finger-pointing has really been going on for quite a few days, though.
    • If not, you can expect more finger-pointing about who is to blame for the inaction.
    • However, finger-pointing is not going to solve what is an incredibly complex issue.
    • The commission's report will prompt finger-pointing in various directions, to little purpose.
    • As we used a few or our own fingers to point out yesterday, there is no lack of finger-pointing on behalf of this administration.
    • There is no need for us on the right to wring our hands about the finger-pointing that is happening in the media.
    • There is a lot of name-calling and finger-pointing at the expense of issues.
    • The finger-pointing and the blaming, perhaps that's a defense mechanism on Gary's part.

Definition of finger-pointing in US English:

finger-pointing

noun
informal
  • Actions or words that bring attention to a particular person or issue.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • John, the finger-pointing has really been going on for quite a few days, though.
    • Meanwhile, among partisans of the losing candidate, there is the consolation of finger-pointing.
    • There has been speculation and finger-pointing, controversy and confusion.
    • I think these are issues in which finger-pointing is really an easy reaction.
    • There is no need for us on the right to wring our hands about the finger-pointing that is happening in the media.
    • The finger-pointing and the blaming, perhaps that's a defense mechanism on Gary's part.
    • And I must say the name-calling and finger-pointing and blame asserting is not constructive.
    • The commission's report will prompt finger-pointing in various directions, to little purpose.
    • In my high school, I was the target of much finger-pointing and whispering as I walked around the campus.
    • And Washington could not have chosen a worse moment than now for a paroxysm of finger-pointing.
    • I know there's going to be a lot of investigations down the road, a lot of finger-pointing.
    • There is a lot of name-calling and finger-pointing at the expense of issues.
    • They're not interested in being nasty or finger-pointing or political.
    • This is a time for recrimination and finger-pointing!
    • The nation needed to be united in its determination and could not afford to surrender to finger-pointing.
    • However, finger-pointing is not going to solve what is an incredibly complex issue.
    • On the school bus, though, Nina and Zina chafe under the teasing and finger-pointing about their foreign accents and clothes.
    • As we used a few or our own fingers to point out yesterday, there is no lack of finger-pointing on behalf of this administration.
    • Anyone who reads this newsgroup can see at a glance what's wrong: finger-pointing and recriminations dominate the discussion.
    • If not, you can expect more finger-pointing about who is to blame for the inaction.
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