in point意思是“切題的,恰當(dāng)?shù)摹? in point of意思是“就…而言,在…方面”; make a point of sth 意思是“特別重視某一事項(xiàng)”; not to put too fine a point on it意思是“不客氣地說,直截了當(dāng)?shù)卣f”。
point用作動(dòng)詞的意思是“削尖”“弄尖”“使尖銳”,引申表示為“指向”“對(duì)準(zhǔn)”“加強(qiáng)”“強(qiáng)調(diào)”等。
point既可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)接名詞或代詞作賓語; 用作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),常與介詞to,at,towards等連用,表示“指向某位置或方向”,或者表示“表明”“暗示”等。
point的常用短語：
用作名詞 (n.)
a sore point
at the point of
at the point of a sword〔gun〕
come to the point
have one's points
in point
in point of
in point of fact
labour the point