point-blank
/ˈpɔɪntˈblæŋk/adjective & adverb
1- (of a shot, bullet, or other missile) fired from very close to its target（枪击, 子弹, 导弹）近距离直射的; 近距离直射地。
1.1
- as adj.(of the range of a shot, bullet, or missile) so close as to allow no possibility of missing抵近的, 近距离的; 抵近地, 近距离地。
1.2
- (of a statement or question) blunt and direct; without explanation or qualification（观点, 问题）直截了当的, 断然的, 明白的; 直截了当地, 断然地, 明白地：
as adv. he refuses point-blank to be photographed or give interviews.他断然拒绝拍照或接受采访。
词源
late 16th cent.: probably from point + blank in the contemporaneous sense 'white spot in the centre of a target'.