及物动词
1. She pointed the pencil for her sister.
她给妹妹削铅笔。
不及物动词
1. The hands of the clock now pointed to half past three.
这时钟的指针指向三点半。
名词
1.
1. There''s no point in wasting time.
耗时间没用。
2. It was a turning point in his career.
这是他事业上的转折点。
3. Stop at this point.
停在此地。
兑换旅行支票
A：May I help you, sir?
需要我帮忙吗，先生？
B：I'd like to cash some traveller's checks here.
我想在这儿兑换一些旅行支票。
A：Certainly. Do you have any identification?
当然可以。你有任何证明文件吗？
B：Yes, I have my Passport. Here it is.
是的，我有护照。这就是。
A：Fine. How much would you like to exchange, sir?
好的。您要兑换多少呢，先生？
B：What's the exchange rate today?
今天的兑换比率是多少？
A：A dollar is valued at eight point two RMB yuan.
一美元价值8.2元人民币。
B：Five hundred dollars, please. And could you give me ten dollar in small change?
请换500美元。再另外能否给我10元的小面额零钱？
A：Here you go, sir.
可以，先生。
B：Will it take long?
要很久吗？
A：No. Please endorse the check at the back.
不会的。请在支票的背面签名。
B：OK.
好的。
住宿
A：Good morning, sir. May I help you?
早安，先生。能为您服务吗？
B：Yes. I have a room booked with you, for three days starting today. Name of Lu, L-U.
是的，我已向你们订了房间，从今天开始，共三天。姓陆，L-U。
A：Thank you, Mr. Lu. Please wait a moment while I check our reservations list.That's Mr. Steven Lu, from Taipei?
谢谢，陆先生。请稍等，我查一下订房名单。您是Steven Lu，从台北来的？
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B：Yes, it is.
是的，没错。
A：Mr. Lu, everything is OK. Your booking is from today through Wendnsday. Single room. Your room number is 512. Here's your key.
陆先生，没问题的。您从今天订到星期三，单人房。房间号码是512。这是您的钥匙。
B：Thanks. Could you point me in the right direction?
谢谢。您能告诉我要往哪里走吗？
A：Certainly, sir. The elevators are right across the lobby.Floors one to eight are the elevators to the left.
当然可以，先生。电梯就在大厅的正对面。 一到八楼上下使用的电梯在左边。
B：Hi. I'd like to cash an American Express traveler's check.
嗨，我想兑换美国运通的旅行支票。
A：Sure. Would you please sign your name on the back, sir, with your passport number? And I'll need to see your passport.
没问题。先生，请您在支票背后签上名字和护照号码。另外，我需要看一下您的护照。
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B：Sure. Can you give me fifty dollars in small bills, please, and ten dollars in change?
好的。你可以帮我把50块钱换成小钞，10块换成零钱吗？
A：No problems. Here's your passport, and here's your money. Have a nice day, Mr. Lu.
没问题。这是您的护照，还有您的钱。祝您愉快，陆先生。
在医院
A：What’s wrong with you? You look pale.
你有什么不舒服吗？你看起来很苍白。
B：I’m not sure, I feel hot and cold.
我不确定，我感觉一阵冷一阵热。
A：When did the trouble start?
什么时候开始不舒服的？
B：I was sick most of the night.
我大半夜都难受。
A：It sounds like you are coming down with the flu. Let me take your temperature.
听起来你好像得了流行感冒。让我量量你的体温。
B：Have I got a high fever?
我发烧吗？
A：Yes, thirty-eight point seven. Do you have a headache, chest or throat pain?
是的。38.7 度。你头痛吗？ 胸和嗓子痛吗？
B：Yes, I have.
是的，痛。
A：Now, let me have a look at you. I’d like to listen to your chest. Now breathe in, a deep breath, that’s it. Cough, now again. I want to examine your throut, too. Open wide, say “ah--”.
来，让我瞧瞧你。 想听听你的胸部，现在往里吸气，深深地吸一口气，对了。咳嗽一下，再咳一次。我还想再查查你的喉咙，把嘴张开，说“啊——”
B：Aaaaahh, aaaaahh.
啊——啊——啊——啊。
A：Yes, it does look a bit sore. Let’s take an X-ray of your chest and give you a few tests.
是的，确实有些炎症。好吧，我们来透视一下你的肺，再做些化验。
B：All right, thanks.
好，谢谢。
point是什么意思
A：The tests showed nothing wrong. A slight viral infection.
化验结果没有问题，有点轻度病毒感染。
B：What shall I do today?
那我该怎么办？
A：I’m giving you some antibiotics and aspirins. Take an aspirin when you’ve got a fever, and take one antibiotics capsule every four hours, and go home and rest in bed for two days. Drink plenty of water, then you’ll feel better. Here’s the prescription.
我给你开一些抗生素和阿司匹林。发烧时吃一片阿司匹林，每四个小时吃一粒抗生素胶囊。回家卧床休息两天。多喝开水，就会好的。这是处方。
B：Thank you, doctor. Good-bye.
谢谢你，大夫。再见。
1. point：properties of foreign language teaching; 特点
2.
2. point：polymer optical interconnect technology; 聚合物光纤互连技术
1. 观点；看法；论点
You use point to refer to something that someone has said or written.
e.g. We disagree with every point Mr Blunkett makes...
布伦基特先生提出的观点我们一个都不同意。
e.g. Dave Hill''s article makes the right point about the Taylor Report...
戴夫·希尔的文章对《泰勒报告》的看法是正确的。
2. 论据；道理
If you say that someone has a point, or if you take their point, you mean that you accept that what they have said is important and should be considered.
e.g. ''If he''d already killed once, surely he''d have killed Sarah?'' She had a point there...
“如果他杀过一次人，那他一定已经杀了萨拉吧？”她说得有道理。
e.g. Oh I take your point, John, about that.
噢，约翰，关于那一点，我觉得你说得对。
3. 要点；核心问题
The point of what you are saying or discussing is the most important part that provides a reason or explanation for the rest.
e.g. ''Did I ask you to talk to me?'' — ''That''s not the point.''...
“我请你跟我谈了吗？”——“问题不在这儿。”
e.g. The American Congress and media mostly missed the point about all this.
美国国会和媒体大都没搞清这一切的核心问题。
4. 意义；目的；作用
If you ask what the point of something is, or say that there is no point in it, you are indicating that a particular action has no purpose or would not be useful.
e.g. What was the point of thinking about him?...
想他有什么用呢？
e.g. There was no point in staying any longer.
再留下来就没有意义了。
5. 细节；方面；特性
A point is a detail, aspect, or quality of something or someone.
e.g. Many of the points in the report are correct...
报告中的很多细节是正确的。
e.g. The most interesting point about the village was its religion...
这个村庄最有意思的地方就是它的宗教。
6. 地点；地方；（表示位置的）点，处
A point is a particular place or position where something happens.
point
e.g. As a mark of respect the emperor met him at a point several weeks'' march from the capital...
出于尊重，皇帝在离首都还有几个星期路程的地方迎接了他。
e.g. The pain originated from a point in his right thigh.
疼痛是从他右大腿的某处开始的。
7. （某一）时刻，阶段
You use point to refer to a particular time, or to a particular stage in the development of something.
e.g. We''re all going to die at some point...
我们都将在某个时间死去。
e.g. At one point, around 70,000 members had failed to pay...
一度曾有约7万名成员没有支付费用。
8. 尖；尖端；尖头
The point of something such as a pin, needle, or knife is the thin, sharp end of it.
9. （口语中表示）小数点
In spoken English, you use point to refer to the dot or mark in a decimal number that separates the whole numbers from the fractions.
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e.g. This is FM stereo one oh three point seven...
这里是调频立体声103.7。
e.g. Inflation at nine point four percent is the worst for eight years.
9.4%的通货膨胀率是8年来最糟的。
10. （用作某些体育运动等计分单位的）点，分
In some sports, competitions, and games, a point is one of the single marks that are added together to give the total score.
e.g. They lost the 1977 World Cup final to Australia by a single point...
他们在1977年的世界杯决赛中仅以一分之差输给了澳大利亚队。
e.g. Chamberlain scored 50 or more points four times in the season.
张伯伦在赛季中有4次得分不低于50。
11. 罗经（方位）点
The points of the compass are directions such as North, South, East, and West.
point的翻译
e.g. Sightseers arrived from all points of the compass.
观光者来自四面八方。
12. （铁轨的）轨尖，道岔
On a railway track, the points are the levers and rails at a place where two tracks join or separate. The points enable a train to move from one track to another.
e.g. ...the rattle of the wheels across the points.
驶过道岔的车轮发出的哐啷哐啷声
13. 插座
A point is an electric socket.
e.g. ...too far away from the nearest electrical point.
离最近的电掣位也太远
14. （用手指）指
If you point at a person or thing, you hold out your finger towards them in order to make someone notice them.
e.g. I pointed at the boy sitting nearest me...
我指了指坐得离我最近的男孩。
e.g. He pointed at me with the stem of his pipe...
他用烟斗柄指着我。
15. 把…对准；使朝向
If you point something at someone, you aim the tip or end of it towards them.
e.g. David Khan pointed his finger at Mary...
戴维·卡恩用手指指着玛丽。
e.g. A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the trigger.
一名男子用手枪指着他们，扣动了扳机。
16. 指向；朝向
If something points to a place or points in a particular direction, it shows where that place is or it faces in that direction.
e.g. An arrow pointed to the toilets...
箭头指向卫生间。
e.g. You can go anywhere and still the compass points north or south...
无论走到哪里，罗盘仍然指向北或南。
17. 显示；表明
If something points to a particular situation, it suggests that the situation exists or is likely to occur.
point的意思
e.g. Earlier reports pointed to pupils working harder, more continuously, and with enthusiasm...
早些时候的报告显示学生学习更为刻苦、持久，并且怀有学习热情。
e.g. Private polls and embassy reports pointed to a no vote.
私人民意调查和使馆报告表明投票结果将会是否决。
18. 着重指出；强调；以…为证明
If you point to something that has happened or that is happening, you are using it as proof that a particular situation exists.
e.g. George Fodor points to other weaknesses in the way the campaign has progressed...
乔治·福多尔以运动开展过程中的其他不足为证。
e.g. Gooch last night pointed to their bowling as the key to World Cup success.
古奇昨晚指出，他们的投球是在世界杯上取得成功的关键。
19. （用水泥等）勾嵌（砖或石墙的砌缝）
When builders point a wall, they put a substance such as cement into the gaps between the bricks or stones in order to make the wall stronger and seal it.
20. see also: pointed;breaking point;focal point;point of sale;point of view;power point;sticking point;vantage point
21. 离题的；不相关的
If you say that something is beside the point, you mean that it is not relevant to the subject that you are discussing.
e.g. Brian didn''t like it, but that was beside the point.
布赖恩不喜欢它，但那并不重要。
22. 谈到正题；讲到关键问题
When someone comes to the point or gets to the point, they start talking about the thing that is most important to them.
e.g. He came to the point at once. ''You did a splendid job on this case.''...
他立刻切入正题道：“这件案子你处理得很棒。”
e.g. Was she ever going to get to the point?
她到底还会不会讲到重点？
23. 证明自己的论点
If you make your point or prove your point, you prove that something is true, either by arguing about it or by your actions or behaviour.
e.g. I think you''ve made your point, dear...
亲爱的，我想你已证明你的观点了。
e.g. Dr David McCleland, of Boston University, studied one-hundred people, aged eighteen to sixty, to prove the point...
为证明这一点，波士顿大学的戴维·麦克莱兰博士对100名年龄在18至60岁之间的人进行了研究。
24. 特意；故意
If you make a point of doing something, you do it in a very deliberate or obvious way.
e.g. She made a point of spending as much time as possible away from Osborne House.
她特意尽可能地不呆在奥斯本庄园。
25. 正要…之际；就要…之时
If you are on the point of doing something, you are about to do it.
point的近义词
e.g. He was on the point of saying something when the phone rang...
他正要说话时电话铃响了。
e.g. She looked on the point of tears.
她看起来就要哭了。
26. 切题的；中肯的
Something that is to the point is relevant to the subject that you are discussing, or expressed neatly without wasting words or time.
e.g. Mr. Baker was smiling and to the point...
贝克先生微笑着，说得很中肯。
e.g. The description which he had been given was brief and to the point.
给他的描述言简意赅。
27. 有一点；在一定程度上
If you say that something is true up to a point, you mean that it is partly but not completely true.
e.g. ''Was she good?'' — ''Mmm. Up to a point.''
“她行不行？”——“嗯，某种程度上来说还可以。”
e.g. It worked up to a point.
它起了一定作用。
28. a case in point -> see case
in point of fact -> see fact
to point the finger at someone -> see finger
a sore point -> see sore
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noun
1. a contact in the distributor
as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
Synonym: distributor pointbreaker point
2. sharp end
e.g. he stuck the point of the knife into a tree
he broke the point of his pencil
3. a wall socket
Synonym: power point
4. the gun muzzle''s direction
e.g. he held me up at the point of a gun
Synonym: gunpoint
5. an outstanding characteristic
e.g. his acting was one of the high points of the movie
Synonym: spot
6. a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
e.g. he knows my bad points as well as my good points
7. the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
Synonym: pointedness
8. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
e.g. several of the details are similar
a point of information
9. a geometric element that has position but no extension
e.g. a point is defined by its coordinates
10. the object of an activity
e.g. what is the point of discussing it?
11. a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
e.g. he noticed an item in the New York Times
she had several items on her shopping list
the main point on the agenda was taken up first
Synonym: item
12. a brief version of the essential meaning of something
e.g. get to the point
he missed the point of the joke
life has lost its point
13. the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
Synonym: decimal pointpercentage point
14. a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
e.g. the point of the arrow was due north
Synonym: head
15. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
e.g. in England they call a period a stop
Synonym: periodfull stopstopfull point
16. the precise location of something
a spatially limited location
e.g. she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street
17. a promontory extending out into a large body of water
e.g. they sailed south around the point
18. one percent of the total principal of a loan
it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
19. the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
e.g. he scored 20 points in the first half
a touchdown counts 6 points
20. a linear unit used to measure the size of type
approximately 1/72 inch
21. a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
22. any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
e.g. he checked the point on his compass
Synonym: compass point
23. a V shape
e.g. the cannibal''s teeth were filed to sharp points
24. a very small circular shape
e.g. a row of points
draw lines between the dots
Synonym: dot
25. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
e.g. a remarkable degree of frankness
at what stage are the social sciences?
26. an instant of time
e.g. at that point I had to leave
Synonym: point in time
verb
1. repair the joints of bricks
e.g. point a chimney
Synonym: repoint
2. give a point to
e.g. The candles are tapered
3. be a signal for or a symptom of
e.g. These symptoms indicate a serious illness
Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
Synonym: bespeakbetokenindicatesignal
4. indicate a place, direction, person, or thing
either spatially or figuratively
e.g. I showed the customer the glove section
He pointed to the empty parking space
he indicated his opponents
Synonym: indicatedesignateshow
5. indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
e.g. the dog pointed the dead duck
6. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
e.g. He aimed his fists towards his opponent''s face
criticism directed at her superior
direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
7. direct into a position for use
e.g. point a gun
He charged his weapon at me
8. be positionable in a specified manner
e.g. The gun points with ease
9. mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
10. mark with diacritics
e.g. point the letter
11. mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
12. sail close to the wind
Synonym: luff
13. direct the course
determine the direction of travelling
Synonym: steermaneuvermanoeuvermanoeuvredirectheadguidechannelizechannelise
14. be oriented
e.g. The weather vane points North
the dancers toes pointed outward
Synonym: orient