The fine points of the law are decided by the courts and by acceptable common practice overtime.
出自-2014年6月聽力原文
As they walk around a playground or other area, text, video or audio pops up at various points to help them try to figure out why aliens were in the schoolyard.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
Kapur points out that while the model adopted by many teachers when introducing students to new knowledge―providing lots of structure and guidance early on, until the students show that they can do it on their own―makes intuitive sense, it may not be the best way to promote learning.
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
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觀點；看法；論點
You use point to refer to something that someone has said or written.
例句
We disagree with every point Mr Blunkett makes...
布倫基特先生提出的觀點我們一個都不同意。
Dave Hill's article makes the right point about the Taylor Report...
戴夫·希爾的文章對《泰勒報告》的看法是正確的。
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論據；道理
If you say that someone has a point, or if you take their point, you mean that you accept that what they have said is important and should be considered.
例句
'If he'd already killed once, surely he'd have killed Sarah?' She had a point there...
“如果他殺過一次人，那他一定已經殺了薩拉吧？”她說得有道理。
Oh I take your point, John, about that.
噢，約翰，關于那一點，我覺得你說得對。
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要點；核心問題
The point of what you are saying or discussing is the most important part that provides a reason or explanation for the rest.
例句
'Did I ask you to talk to me?' — 'That's not the point.'...
“我請你跟我談了嗎？”——“問題不在這兒。”
The American Congress and media mostly missed the point about all this.
美國國會和媒體大都沒搞清這一切的核心問題。
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意義；目的；作用
If you ask what the point of something is, or say that there is no point in it, you are indicating that a particular action has no purpose or would not be useful.
例句
What was the point of thinking about him?...
想他有什么用呢？
There was no point in staying any longer.
再留下來就沒有意義了。
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細節；方面；特性
A point is a detail, aspect, or quality of something or someone.
例句
Many of the points in the report are correct...
報告中的很多細節是正確的。
The most interesting point about the village was its religion...
這個村莊最有意思的地方就是它的宗教。
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地點；地方；（表示位置的）點，處
A point is a particular place or position where something happens.
例句
As a mark of respect the emperor met him at a point several weeks' march from the capital...
出于尊重，皇帝在離首都還有幾個星期路程的地方迎接了他。
The pain originated from a point in his right thigh.
疼痛是從他右大腿的某處開始的。
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（某一）時刻，階段
You use point to refer to a particular time, or to a particular stage in the development of something.
例句
We're all going to die at some point...
我們都將在某個時間死去。
At one point, around 70,000 members had failed to pay...
一度曾有約7萬名成員沒有支付費用。
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尖；尖端；尖頭
The point of something such as a pin, needle, or knife is the thin, sharp end of it.
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（口語中表示）小數點
In spoken English, you use point to refer to the dot or mark in a decimal number that separates the whole numbers from the fractions.
例句
This is FM stereo one oh three point seven...
這里是調頻立體聲103.7。
Inflation at nine point four percent is the worst for eight years.
9.4%的通貨膨脹率是8年來最糟的。
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（用作某些體育運動等計分單位的）點，分
In some sports, competitions, and games, a point is one of the single marks that are added together to give the total score.
例句
They lost the 1977 World Cup final to Australia by a single point...
他們在1977年的世界杯決賽中僅以一分之差輸給了澳大利亞隊。
Chamberlain scored 50 or more points four times in the season.
張伯倫在賽季中有4次得分不低于50。
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羅經（方位）點
The points of the compass are directions such as North, South, East, and West.
例句
Sightseers arrived from all points of the compass.
觀光者來自四面八方。
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N-PLURAL
（鐵軌的）軌尖，道岔
On a railway track, the points are the levers and rails at a place where two tracks join or separate. The points enable a train to move from one track to another.
例句
...the rattle of the wheels across the points.
駛過道岔的車輪發出的哐啷哐啷聲
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插座
A point is an electric socket.
例句
...too far away from the nearest electrical point.
離最近的電掣位也太遠
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VERB
（用手指）指
If you point at a person or thing, you hold out your finger towards them in order to make someone notice them.
例句
I pointed at the boy sitting nearest me...
我指了指坐得離我最近的男孩。
He pointed at me with the stem of his pipe...
他用煙斗柄指著我。
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VERB
把…對準；使朝向
If you point something at someone, you aim the tip or end of it towards them.
例句
David Khan pointed his finger at Mary...
戴維·卡恩用手指指著瑪麗。
A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the trigger.
一名男子用手槍指著他們，扣動了扳機。
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VERB
指向；朝向
If something points to a place or points in a particular direction, it shows where that place is or it faces in that direction.
例句
An arrow pointed to the toilets...
箭頭指向衛生間。
You can go anywhere and still the compass points north or south...
無論走到哪里，羅盤仍然指向北或南。
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VERB
顯示；表明
If something points to a particular situation, it suggests that the situation exists or is likely to occur.
例句
Earlier reports pointed to pupils working harder, more continuously, and with enthusiasm...
早些時候的報告顯示學生學習更為刻苦、持久，并且懷有學習熱情。
Private polls and embassy reports pointed to a no vote.
私人民意調查和使館報告表明投票結果將會是否決。
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著重指出；強調；以…為證明
If you point to something that has happened or that is happening, you are using it as proof that a particular situation exists.
例句
George Fodor points to other weaknesses in the way the campaign has progressed...
喬治·福多爾以運動開展過程中的其他不足為證。
Gooch last night pointed to their bowling as the key to World Cup success.
古奇昨晚指出，他們的投球是在世界杯上取得成功的關鍵。
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（用水泥等）勾嵌（磚或石墻的砌縫）
When builders point a wall, they put a substance such as cement into the gaps between the bricks or stones in order to make the wall stronger and seal it.
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PHRASE
離題的；不相關的
If you say that something is beside the point, you mean that it is not relevant to the subject that you are discussing.
例句
Brian didn't like it, but that was beside the point.
布賴恩不喜歡它，但那并不重要。
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PHRASE
談到正題；講到關鍵問題
When someone comes to the point or gets to the point, they start talking about the thing that is most important to them.
例句
He came to the point at once. 'You did a splendid job on this case.'...
他立刻切入正題道：“這件案子你處理得很棒。”
Was she ever going to get to the point?
她到底還會不會講到重點？
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PHRASE
證明自己的論點
If you make your point or prove your point, you prove that something is true, either by arguing about it or by your actions or behaviour.
例句
I think you've made your point, dear...
親愛的，我想你已證明你的觀點了。
Dr David McCleland, of Boston University, studied one-hundred people, aged eighteen to sixty, to prove the point...
為證明這一點，波士頓大學的戴維·麥克萊蘭博士對100名年齡在18至60歲之間的人進行了研究。
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PHRASE
特意；故意
If you make a point of doing something, you do it in a very deliberate or obvious way.
例句
She made a point of spending as much time as possible away from Osborne House.
她特意盡可能地不呆在奧斯本莊園。
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正要…之際；就要…之時
If you are on the point of doing something, you are about to do it.
例句
He was on the point of saying something when the phone rang...
他正要說話時電話鈴響了。
She looked on the point of tears.
她看起來就要哭了。
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PHRASE
切題的；中肯的
Something that is to the point is relevant to the subject that you are discussing, or expressed neatly without wasting words or time.
例句
Mr. Baker was smiling and to the point...
貝克先生微笑著，說得很中肯。
The description which he had been given was brief and to the point.
給他的描述言簡意賅。
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有一點；在一定程度上
If you say that something is true up to a point, you mean that it is partly but not completely true.
例句
'Was she good?' — 'Mmm. Up to a point.'
“她行不行？”——“嗯，某種程度上來說還可以。”
It worked up to a point.
它起了一定作用。