| 单词 | the point |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Point b. the Point n. U.S. colloquial the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > place for training > college for officers > specific the Point1828 shop1887 ROTC1916 1828 J. F. Cooper Notions Amer. I. 274 To these relics of a former age, must be added the actual and flourishing establishment at the ‘Point’, which comprises a village of academic buildings, barracks, and other adjuncts. 1922 Frontier (Missoula, Montana) Nov. 14 Ada's father had been C.O. when we were in the Point, and nearly every member of the class had been at one time or another in love with her. 1971 C. Fick Danziger Transcript (1973) 167 Sam had worked his way into Dartmouth..and then transferred to the Point. 1990 K. Vonnegut Hocus Pocus vi. 57 During..my cow year at the Point,..which would have been our junior year at a regular college, we were ordered to walk a tour for 3 hours on the Quadrangle. to the point l. to the point: apposite, apt, or pertinent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] to (the) purposea1387 pertinentc1390 appliablec1429 relevantc1540 appliant1548 incident1557 relative1579 home1607 effectual1608 ad rem1680 adaptable1718 to the point1817 pointful1898 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India III. vi. i. 34 Show, that..the evidence which you call for is evidence to the point. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 107 He makes a long speech not much to the point. 1892 Law Times 92 146/2 The notes are short and to the point. 1924 A. Huxley Let. 28 Oct. (1969) 235 Those Barren Leaves..cuts more ice, I think, than the others and is more explicit and to the point. 1962 Sunday Times 1 Apr. 32/8 Dr McCabe asked Groucho for a few words. The resultant Marxism is very much to the point. 1992 D. Pannick Advocates vi. 194 Barristers have not always been prepared voluntarily to obey the essential principle of effective advocacy—keep it short and to the point. < as lemmas |
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