英语词汇“to point the finger”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. transitive. figurative. to point the finger (of scorn, derision, etc.): to make an accusation or allegation about a person; to put under contempt, suspicion, etc. Also to point fingers.In early use chiefly in allusion to quot. a1616.

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > express contempt of

to puff at1611

to point the finger (of scorn, derision, etc.)a1616

to give (a person) the finger1874

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 57 To make me A fixed figure, for the time of scorne, To point his slow vnmouing fingers at.

1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina iii. 302 Lest neighbouring Nations, with the finger of scorn, Point out that Rose that chang'd is in a Thorn.

1729 I. Watts Serm. III. ii. 57 The very Finger of Scorn pointed at him in the Streets.

1783 J. Logan Runnamede ii. ii. 34 Nor suffer man To point the finger, or to lift the look Of scorn against him.

1801 B. Thompson tr. F. Schiller Robbers iii. 49 Every peasant's wife may point the finger of derision at thee.

a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) III. ii. 113 It was they who pointed the finger of scorn at kings and nobles.

1939 G. B. Shaw Geneva iii. 81 You can point the finger of the whole world at the slayer of my husband and say ‘You are guilty of murder.’

a1966 ‘M. na Gopaleen’ Best of Myles (1968) 93 The finger of scorn is pointed at you.

1990 Atlantic Nov. 76/2 I don't want to point fingers, but the facts are we're getting a bad rap on the delay.

2004 Guardian 31 Aug. ii. 7/5 This, of course, leads many to point the finger at schools.

单词	to point the finger
释义	> as lemmas to point the finger (of scorn, derision, etc.) c. transitive. figurative. to point the finger (of scorn, derision, etc.): to make an accusation or allegation about a person; to put under contempt, suspicion, etc. Also to point fingers.In early use chiefly in allusion to quot. a1616. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > express contempt of to puff at1611 to point the finger (of scorn, derision, etc.)a1616 to give (a person) the finger1874 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. ii. 57 To make me A fixed figure, for the time of scorne, To point his slow vnmouing fingers at. 1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina iii. 302 Lest neighbouring Nations, with the finger of scorn, Point out that Rose that chang'd is in a Thorn. 1729 I. Watts Serm. III. ii. 57 The very Finger of Scorn pointed at him in the Streets. 1783 J. Logan Runnamede ii. ii. 34 Nor suffer man To point the finger, or to lift the look Of scorn against him. 1801 B. Thompson tr. F. Schiller Robbers iii. 49 Every peasant's wife may point the finger of derision at thee. a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) III. ii. 113 It was they who pointed the finger of scorn at kings and nobles. 1939 G. B. Shaw Geneva iii. 81 You can point the finger of the whole world at the slayer of my husband and say ‘You are guilty of murder.’ a1966 ‘M. na Gopaleen’ Best of Myles (1968) 93 The finger of scorn is pointed at you. 1990 Atlantic Nov. 76/2 I don't want to point fingers, but the facts are we're getting a bad rap on the delay. 2004 Guardian 31 Aug. ii. 7/5 This, of course, leads many to point the finger at schools. extracted from pointv.¹ < as lemmas
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