单词 | to the point |
释义 | > as lemmasto 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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