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A commentary in the Shanghai Daily points out that innovation doesn't mean piles of documents.
2016年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
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After Hurricane Katrina interrupted routine delivery, temporary mail service points were set up.
2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
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Are such accusations simply efforts to score political points for one's party?
2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
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Chris Koch, who teaches "History of Broadcast Journalism" at Montgomery Community College in Rockville, Maryland, points out that reporting is about investigation rather than the memorization of minute details.
2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
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However, as Amy Edmondson of Harvard points out, organisations increasingly use "team" as a verb rather than a noun: they form teams for specific purposes and then quickly disband them.
2017年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
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However, he points out that many countries have not done so.
2016年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
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They have special set menus for the week, usually in spring, at a number of different price points.
2018年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
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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月阅读原文
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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月阅读原文
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Carr points out, that after spending time in quiet rural settings, subjects "exhibit greater attentiveness, stronger memory and generally improved cognition.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文
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In its defence, Google points out that it displays only small segments of books that are in copyright– arguing that such displays are "fair use".
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
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Google's business model has always been to provide information for free, and sell advertising on the basis of the traffic this generates," points out James Grimmelmann, associate professor at New York Law School
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
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No one knows the precise use Google will make of the intellectual property it has gained by scanning the world's library books, and the truth, as Gleick, an American science writer and member of the Authors Guild, points out, is that the company probably doesn't even know itself.
出自-2011年12月阅读原文
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Nearby Colby College logged an 18-point difference between white and black graduates in 2007 and 25 points in 2006.
出自-2011年6月阅读原文
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John Rother, the AARP's head of policy and strategy, points to studies showing that other things being equal, people who remain at work have lower death rates than their retired peers.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文
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The fine points of the law are decided by the courts and by acceptable common practice overtime.
出自-2014年6月听力原文
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By making gestures at strategic points.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
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After outlining the main points she would cover, she assured the audience that she would be happy to answer questions at the end of her presentation.
出自-2012年12月听力原文
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He uses lots of gestures to help make his points clear
出自-2012年12月听力原文
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Write down any points where he could improve.
出自-2010年6月听力原文
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All of those specialized bulbs led to the building of specialized light fixtures, from the desk lamp you study by, to the ugly but beloved hand-painted Chinese lamp you inherited from your grandmother, to the ceiling fixture in your closet, to the light i
2015年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
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As lighting expert Howard Brandston points out, " Generally, there are no bad light sources, only bad applications. "
2015年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
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As Vaclav Smil points out, "All the forecasts, plans, and anticipations cited above have failed so miserably because their authors and promoters thought the transitions they hoped to implement would proceed unlike all previous energy transitions, and that
2015年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
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He points to a classic 2004 study in which psychologists at Dartmouth College and Harvard University used functional MRI to track brain activity in 17 young men as they listened to descriptions of people while concentrating on either socially relevant cue
2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
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The finding points to longstanding evidence that fiber may reduce circulating female hormone levels, which could explain the reduced risk.
2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B
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The World Meteorological Organization points to Cuba and Bangladesh as examples of countries that have successfully reduced the loss of life caused by natural disasters by taking preventive action.
2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
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观点;看法;论点
You use point to refer to something that someone has said or written.
例句
We disagree with every point Mr Blunkett makes...
布伦基特先生提出的观点我们一个都不同意。
Dave Hill's article makes the right point about the Taylor Report...
戴夫·希尔的文章对《泰勒报告》的看法是正确的。
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N-SING
论据;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...
“如果他杀过一次人,那他一定已经杀了萨拉吧?”她说得有道理。
Oh I take your point, John, about that.
噢,约翰,关于那一点,我觉得你说得对。
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N-SING
要点;核心问题
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.'...
“我请你跟我谈了吗?”——“问题不在这儿。”
The American Congress and media mostly missed the point about all this.
美国国会和媒体大都没搞清这一切的核心问题。
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N-SING
意义;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.
再留下来就没有意义了。
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细节;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...
报告中的很多细节是正确的。
The most interesting point about the village was its religion...
这个村庄最有意思的地方就是它的宗教。
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地点;地方;(表示位置的)点,处
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,皇帝在离首都还有几个星期路程的地方迎接了他。
The pain originated from a point in his right thigh.
疼痛是从他右大腿的某处开始的。
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N-SING
(某一)时刻,阶段
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...
我们都将在某个时间死去。
At one point, around 70,000 members had failed to pay...
一度曾有约7万名成员没有支付费用。
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尖;尖端;尖头
The point of something such as a pin, needle, or knife is the thin, sharp end of it.
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(口语中表示)小数点
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...
这里是调频立体声103.7。
Inflation at nine point four percent is the worst for eight years.
9.4%的通货膨胀率是8年来最糟的。
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(用作某些体育运动等计分单位的)点,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...
他们在1977年的世界杯决赛中仅以一分之差输给了澳大利亚队。
Chamberlain scored 50 or more points four times in the season.
张伯伦在赛季中有4次得分不低于50。
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罗经(方位)点
The points of the compass are directions such as North, South, East, and West.
例句
Sightseers arrived from all points of the compass.
观光者来自四面八方。
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N-PLURAL
(铁轨的)轨尖,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.
驶过道岔的车轮发出的哐啷哐啷声
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插座
A point is an electric socket.
例句
...too far away from the nearest electrical point.
离最近的电掣位也太远
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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...
我指了指坐得离我最近的男孩。
He pointed at me with the stem of his pipe...
他用烟斗柄指着我。
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VERB
把…对准;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...
戴维·卡恩用手指指着玛丽。
A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the trigger.
一名男子用手枪指着他们,扣动了扳机。
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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...
箭头指向卫生间。
You can go anywhere and still the compass points north or south...
无论走到哪里,罗盘仍然指向北或南。
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VERB
显示;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...
早些时候的报告显示学生学习更为刻苦、持久,并且怀有学习热情。
Private polls and embassy reports pointed to a no vote.
私人民意调查和使馆报告表明投票结果将会是否决。
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VERB
着重指出;强调;以…为证明
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...
乔治·福多尔以运动开展过程中的其他不足为证。
Gooch last night pointed to their bowling as the key to World Cup success.
古奇昨晚指出,他们的投球是在世界杯上取得成功的关键。
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VERB
(用水泥等)勾嵌(砖或石墙的砌缝)
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
离题的;不相关的
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.
布赖恩不喜欢它,但那并不重要。
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PHRASE
谈到正题;讲到关键问题
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.'...
他立刻切入正题道:“这件案子你处理得很棒。”
Was she ever going to get to the point?
她到底还会不会讲到重点?
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PHRASE
证明自己的论点
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...
亲爱的,我想你已证明你的观点了。
Dr David McCleland, of Boston University, studied one-hundred people, aged eighteen to sixty, to prove the point...
为证明这一点,波士顿大学的戴维·麦克莱兰博士对100名年龄在18至60岁之间的人进行了研究。
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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.
她特意尽可能地不呆在奥斯本庄园。
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PHRASE
正要…之际;就要…之时
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...
他正要说话时电话铃响了。
She looked on the point of tears.
她看起来就要哭了。
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PHRASE
切题的;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...
贝克先生微笑着,说得很中肯。
The description which he had been given was brief and to the point.
给他的描述言简意赅。
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PHRASE
有一点;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,某种程度上来说还可以。”
It worked up to a point.
它起了一定作用。