pinpoint
英 ['p?np??nt]
美['p?np??nt]
- vt. 查明；精確地找到；準(zhǔn)確描述
- adj. 精確的；詳盡的
- n. 針尖；精確位置；極小之物
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?pinpoints;過去式:?pinpointed;過去分詞:?pinpointed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?pinpointing;
助記提示
1. pin + point.
2. => also pin-point, "point of a pin".
2. => also pin-point, "point of a pin".
中文詞源
pinpoint 確定，指出
pin,針，point,點。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- pinpoint (n.)
- also pin-point, "point of a pin," 1849, from pin (n.) + point (n.). Taken into aeronautics in sense "place identified from the air," hence verb meaning "locate precisely" (1917), which originally was aviators' slang. Related: Pinpointed; pinpointing. As an adjective, "performed with precisional accuracy," 1944, originally of aerial bombing.
雙語例句
- 1. He was able to pinpoint on the map the site of the medieval village.
- 他能在地圖上準(zhǔn)確找出那個中世紀(jì)村莊的位置。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. There is only a pinpoint of light in the cave.
- 山洞中只能見到一絲光線.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. These missles can be fired with pinpoint accuracy.
- 這些導(dǎo)彈可精確地命中目標(biāo).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Objective To discuss the application of CT fluoroscopy and Pinpoint guided percutaneous transthoracic biopsy in thorax.
- 目的:探討CT透視及pinpoint導(dǎo)引下胸部活檢術(shù).
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. It was almost impossible to pinpoint the cause of death.
- 幾乎不可能確認(rèn)死因。
來自辭典例句