point-blank是什么意思

point-blank

英 ['p?int'bl?nk] 美

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射擊行話，來自point,點，blank,白。即直中靶心，引申詞義直截了當?shù)摹?/p>

point-blank (n.): 1570s, said to be from point (v.) + blank (n.), here meaning the white center of a target. The notion would be of standing close enough to aim (point) at the blank without allowance for curve, windage, or gravity. But early references make no mention of a white target, and the phrase is possibly from a simplification of the French phrase de pointe en blanc, used in French gunnery in reference to firing a piece on the level into open space to test how far it will carry. In that case the blank represents "empty space" or perhaps the "zero point" of elevation. The whole phrase might be a French loan-translation from Italian. From 1590s as an adjective in English.

1. The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.: 當你從內(nèi)心深處找到一種可以忍受一切痛苦的堅強力量時，你的成長歷程就會出現(xiàn)飛躍。

2. I don't see the point in it really. It's just stupid.: 我真的不理解這到底有什么意義，簡直是愚蠢透頂。

4. By 1973, this gap had narrowed almost to vanishing point.: 到1973年，這一差距已縮小到幾乎為零。

5. A point of order was raised in parliament by Mr Ben Morris.: 本·莫里斯先生在議會就程序問題提出質(zhì)詢。