| 释义 |
Examples:lose points for a penalty or error—pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)—lit. use others' strengths make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)—fail grasp the main points—"eight wind points", name of a set of acupuncture points (EX-LE-10), four on each foot—discard four, but treat five as whole (of decimal points)—stop-loss point, a point at which you make a small loss limit your losses—pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing—inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)—bonus points in a benefit scheme—lit. look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom); to search out one's opponent's weak points—accumulated points (in sports, at school etc)—strike at his weak points—chord (straight line joining two points on a curve)—differing only on small points—true from many points of view—point out mistakes or weak points for correction—concentrate on the main points (idiom); to bring out the essentials—join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points—everything points disaster—one's special ability or strong points—the Eight Strategic Nerve Points—the eight points of the compass—concentrate on trivial points while neglecting the main problem [idiom.]—see both sb's good points and shortcomings [idiom.]—the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard—fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought the point of perfection—place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han—high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc—lit. point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree—lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning)—battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific—fig. point at the chicken while scolding the dog [idiom.]—completely miss the main point of a topic or argument [idiom.]— |