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单词 to take a point
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to take (also get, catch) a point
i. to take (also get, catch) a point: to recognize and accept the import or pertinence of a statement or comment; to concede the truth or value of a proposition. point taken (colloquial): a response indicating that the speaker recognizes the validity or pertinence of a comment.
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the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > accept, receive, or admit [verb (intransitive)]
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to take (also get, catch) a point1898
1898 G. B. Shaw You never can Tell ii. 254 Do I take your point rightly, Mr McComas?
1901 G. B. Shaw Capt. Brassbound's Conversion iii, in Three Plays for Puritans 276 Rankin (cannily). I take your point, Leddy Ceecily. It alters the case.
1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist v. 219 Yes, yes: I see—said the dean quickly—I quite catch the point.
1961 C. Willock Death in Covert viii. 168 ‘You have absolutely nothing to go on except your sixth sense.’ ‘Point taken.’
1976 J. Wainwright Bastard ii. 35 He nods and says, ‘Okay. Point taken.’
1990 A. S. Byatt Possession xii. 216 Don't get distracted. I take your point.
2001 I. Losada Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment 17 She wrote the words on her flip chart just to make sure we all got the point.
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