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单词 point man
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Definition of point man in English:

point man

noun
  • 1The soldier at the head of a patrol; the leader of an armed force.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I could take a contract that does not require me to be at the sharp end as point man in an infantry section.
    • Often the casualty is the point man, closest to the enemy.
    • Perez, the point man for the lead squad, and therefore the most exposed member of the platoon, came under the majority of these fires.
    • Neither field marshal nor platoon leader should be point man.
    • After a while, the point man found signs that enemy soldiers were in the area.
    • C Rich Braham is the point man in the struggles of the interior offensive line.
    1. 1.1North American (especially in a political context) a person at the forefront of an activity or endeavour.
      Olson was the defence department's point man when the government recently changed pension legislation
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As point man for the project, Bostock is probing everything from check-ins to departures for signs of waste - both ‘waste of thought, waste of effort,’ he said.
      • As the point man for modernism, Manet suffers the most.
      • He often was the administration's point man when students occupied Old Main offices to protest policies related to the Vietnam War.
      • Among other things, this means he's the point man for congressional investigations of governmental misdeeds.
      • He has really been the point man for the Bush administration.
      • This is, of course, exactly his role in the politician's overall team - to act as a point man for the heat.
      • Just a short while ago I spoke with the point man for the president's economic agenda, the U.S. treasury secretary, John Snow.
      • The point man for the extreme right in Congress went on to say he was God's instrument for promoting a ‘biblical world view’ in American politics.
      • He's the point man on the president's team on the economy.
      • Now he's the point man for an audacious expansion plan.
      • So for lack of a better word, I became the point man, so people could come to me and we could get them organised.
      • Lindsey has also been the administration's point man in dealing with America's leading CEOs and has been acutely conscious of the gravity of the country's high tech meltdown.
      • He'll be the point man for the magazine, representing us at trade shows.
      • At home, Mbeki is usually hailed as a point man for peace in Africa.
      • You're trying to give advice and listen to his concerns, then turn around and be the person who's the point man on the negotiations.
      • In addition to being the department's point man for judicial selection, he will have major responsibility for developing its priorities.
      • First they wanted the address and home telephone number of a man suspected of being the GIA's point man in Britain, almost certainly so they could bug him.
      • Lord Falconer, the government's ID card point man, keeps talking about how the majority of responses have been positive (they've had over 1500 so far).
      • Now it appears the party chairman is the only well placed point man willing to speak.
      • As the Christian right's point man on Capitol Hill, Perkins now has patrons including the majority leaders of both chambers of Congress.
 
 

Definition of point man in US English:

point man

nounˈpɔɪnt ˌmæn
  • 1The soldier at the head of a patrol.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After a while, the point man found signs that enemy soldiers were in the area.
    • Neither field marshal nor platoon leader should be point man.
    • I could take a contract that does not require me to be at the sharp end as point man in an infantry section.
    • C Rich Braham is the point man in the struggles of the interior offensive line.
    • Often the casualty is the point man, closest to the enemy.
    • Perez, the point man for the lead squad, and therefore the most exposed member of the platoon, came under the majority of these fires.
    1. 1.1North American (especially in a political context) a person at the forefront of an activity or endeavor.
      Olson was the defense department's point man when the government recently changed pension legislation
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Lindsey has also been the administration's point man in dealing with America's leading CEOs and has been acutely conscious of the gravity of the country's high tech meltdown.
      • As point man for the project, Bostock is probing everything from check-ins to departures for signs of waste - both ‘waste of thought, waste of effort,’ he said.
      • Just a short while ago I spoke with the point man for the president's economic agenda, the U.S. treasury secretary, John Snow.
      • He often was the administration's point man when students occupied Old Main offices to protest policies related to the Vietnam War.
      • He has really been the point man for the Bush administration.
      • Lord Falconer, the government's ID card point man, keeps talking about how the majority of responses have been positive (they've had over 1500 so far).
      • First they wanted the address and home telephone number of a man suspected of being the GIA's point man in Britain, almost certainly so they could bug him.
      • As the Christian right's point man on Capitol Hill, Perkins now has patrons including the majority leaders of both chambers of Congress.
      • He's the point man on the president's team on the economy.
      • He'll be the point man for the magazine, representing us at trade shows.
      • Among other things, this means he's the point man for congressional investigations of governmental misdeeds.
      • Now it appears the party chairman is the only well placed point man willing to speak.
      • At home, Mbeki is usually hailed as a point man for peace in Africa.
      • This is, of course, exactly his role in the politician's overall team - to act as a point man for the heat.
      • The point man for the extreme right in Congress went on to say he was God's instrument for promoting a ‘biblical world view’ in American politics.
      • You're trying to give advice and listen to his concerns, then turn around and be the person who's the point man on the negotiations.
      • In addition to being the department's point man for judicial selection, he will have major responsibility for developing its priorities.
      • So for lack of a better word, I became the point man, so people could come to me and we could get them organised.
      • Now he's the point man for an audacious expansion plan.
      • As the point man for modernism, Manet suffers the most.
 
 
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