gunpoint

英 [ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt]

美 [ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt]

n.  枪口

Collins.1 / BNC.22545 / COCA.16404

习惯用语

n.

at gunpoint
• 用枪威胁；在枪口威胁下
  while threatening sb or being threatened with a gun
• The driver was robbed at gunpoint.
  司机遭持枪抢劫。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 在枪口威胁下
  If you are heldat gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them.
  1. She and her two daughters were held at gunpoint by a gang who burst into their home.
     闯入她家的一伙歹徒用枪胁迫她和她的两个女儿。

英英释义

noun

• the gun muzzle's direction
  1. he held me up at the point of a gun
  Synonym:point

双语例句

• These may be laudable aims, but by enforcing them at gunpoint another vitally important principle is lost.
  也许用心是好的，但若诉诸枪杆子则无法坚持另一个至关重要的原则。
• He held the three men at gunpoint.
  他用枪口对着那三个人。
• Deputies say Vicente Ignacio Beltran Moreno abducted the teen at gunpoint and tied him to a tree.
  代理人表示比森特？伊格纳西奥？贝尔德兰？莫蕾诺用枪绑架这名少年并把他绑在树上。
• Mr Martin was taken out of his car at gunpoint.
  马丁先生被人用枪指着从车里带了出来。
• Cub Scouts don't hold people hostage at gunpoint.
  童子军不会用枪控制人质。
• Who proceeded to kidnap the child at gunpoint.
  她用枪抵着绑架那个孩子。
• The masked robber made her open the safe at gunpoint.
  那蒙面强盗用枪逼着她打开保险箱。
• Gunpoint they were forced at gunpoint to hand over the money.
  他们在枪口的威胁下被迫把钱交了出来。
• In Mexico, television cameras catch hostages being taken at gunpoint into a police car, then speeding away.
  在墨西哥，电视摄像机能够捕捉人质在枪口被带离到警车内，然后超速行使。
• Adrian McKinnon held the suspect, 33-year-old Tajuan Bullock, at gunpoint and told him to sit on the floor until he decided what to do.
  阿德里安。麦金农抓住了33岁的嫌疑犯塔埍。布洛克，用枪指着他，让他坐到地板上，直到最后决定了如何处理。