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point TIME OR PLACEpCIntn [C]a particular time, place or stage reached in a process时刻，地点，阶段At that point, a soldier opened fire on the car.在那一刻，一个士兵向轿车开了火。I was completely lost at one point (= at one particular moment).在那一刻我完全迷路了。This is a good point (= place) from which to watch the race.从这个地方观看比赛很好。It was so confusing that eventually it got to the point where no one knew what was going on. [+ wh- word]这件事情很费解，最终到了无人能理解的地步。(dated) I said I'd tell her the bad news, but when it came to the point (= when I actually had to do it), I couldn't.我说过我要告诉她这个坏消息，但当真要这样做的时候，我却说不出口了。If a substance reaches or is at its boiling/melting/freezing point, it has reached the temperature at which this happens.沸点，熔点，冰点If something reaches saturation point, no more can be added to it because it has received so much already.饱和点Sales of CD players have not yet reached saturation point, but they're slowing down noticeably.激光唱机的销售还未到达饱和点，但销售已经明显放慢了。The starting point of something is the place or time where it begins.起点Where is the starting point of the walk?竞走的起点是哪里?A starting point is also something that is used to begin something else.开头This short story was used as the starting point for a film.这个小故事被用作一部电影的开头。If you are on the point of doing something, you are going to do it very soon.即将…之时，正要…之时As we were on the point of giving up hope, a letter arrived.正当我们要放弃希望之时，一封信到了。She was so tired that she was on the point of collapse.她累得要垮掉了。If you believe or accept something up to a point, you believe or accept it to a limited degree.在一定程度上Of course there is some truth in all this, but only up to a point.这里当然有些事实，但仅在一定程度上。If something works up to a point, it works quite well.(进展)顺利地，(运行)良好地The new traffic scheme worked up to a certain point, but it had its problems.新的交通方案实行起来还相当顺利，但仍有些问题。The point of no return is the stage reached when you know that you must continue with what you are doing and you cannot stop.无退路I knew I had passed the point of no return and I had to carry on saying what I thought.我知道我已到了不能回头的地步，我不得不继续说出我的想法。A person's point of view (also viewpoint) is their own particular way of looking at or considering something, or their opinion about something.观点，着眼点The book looks at college life from a student's point of view.这本书是从一个学生的视角来看大学生活。He had been so ill for so long that, from his point of view, death was a blessing.他已经重病很久了，以他自己来看，死亡已是福份。From a purely practical point of view, the house is too small.从纯粹实用的角度来看，这座房子太小了。
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