point-blank
adjective/ˌpɔɪnt ˈblæŋk/
/ˌpɔɪnt ˈblæŋk/
[only before noun]- (of a shot) fired with the gun touching or very close to the person or thing it is aimed at
挨着的；近身的；近距离的 - The officer was shot dead at point-blank range.
这位军官被近距离开枪打死。
- The officer was shot dead at point-blank range.
- (of something that is said) very definite and direct and not very polite
直截了当（缺乏礼貌）的 - a point-blank refusal
断然拒绝
- a point-blank refusal
Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably from point + blank in the contemporaneous sense ‘white spot in the centre of a target’.