pinpoints

英 [ˈpɪnpɔɪnts]

美 [ˈpɪnpɔɪnts]

v.  明确指出，确定(位置或时间); 准确解释(或说明)
pinpoint的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 确认；准确解释（或说明）
  If youpinpointthe cause of something, you discover or explain the cause exactly.
  1. It was almost impossible to pinpoint the cause of death.
     几乎不可能确认死因。
  2. ...if you can pinpoint exactly what the anger is about...
     如果你能确切地解释愤怒从何而来
  3. The commission pinpoints inadequate housing as a basic problem threatening village life.
     该委员会明确指出住房不足是威胁村民生活的根本问题。
• VERB 精确地确定（或指明）…的位置
  If youpinpointsomething or its position, you discover or show exactly where it is.
  1. I could pinpoint his precise location on a map...
     我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。
  2. Computers pinpointed where the shells were coming from.
     计算机确定了炮弹发射的位置。
• ADJ 定点的；定位精确的；非常精确的
  If something is placed withpinpointaccuracy, it is placed in exactly the right place or position.
  1. ...the pinpoint accuracy of the bombing campaigns.
     战略性轰炸的精确定位

双语例句

• The round-trip travel time pinpoints the Earth-Moon distance.
  往返的时间间隔精确地算出地月间的距离。
• In the light of this division, Kant successfully pinpoints the gist that can make a distinction between science and philosophy.
  这是康德学说中的一个具有独创性的和非常重要的部分，通过这种划分，康德成功地为科学与哲学的划界提供了根据。
• This chapter also pinpoints the purpose and objectives of the study.
  本章也确定了研究的目的，目标。
• Starting from critical rationalism, Karl Popper pinpoints harmfulness of Utopianism and perfectionism, stresses that people cannot predict long-term law of development in a society, what they can do is piecemeal social engineering.
  波普尔从批判理性主义和试错法出发，批评了乌托邦主义和完美主义的虚妄和危害，指出人们无法预测社会的长期发展规律，而应立足于逐步的社会改良工程。
• Then, after analyzing the status quo of the commercial forest conflict in the region, the paper pinpoints the causes of the conflict: The discrepancy of the objectives of the interest groups involved makes the conflict inevitable;
  同时，对闽北林区商品林冲突的现状进行分析，指出了冲突产生和发展的原因：目标差异是商品林冲突形成的客观基础；
• Our conclusion supports the new trade theory that pinpoints the importance of internal and external scale economy to export;
  我们的结论支持了强调内部和外部规模经济对出口的重要性的新贸易理论。
• He couldn't help but feeling a little bruised by the rippling lightness in his sister's movements and pinpoints of joy in her eyes.
  他看见他姐姐的行动象微波荡漾的流水那么轻松愉快，她眼里闪耀着欢乐的光辉，心中不由得感到有点难过。
• The present paper pinpoints the basic principle of probe-type electromagnetic flowmeters.
  本文分析了探头式电磁流量计的基本原理。
• Detects and pinpoints liquid leaks in pipes.
  可侦测并针对液体泄漏管道。
• Although Jiyuan is better known for the hundreds of children discovered this summer to be suffering from lead poisoning, the film pinpoints the Internet as the scourge leading kids astray and tearing families apart.
  尽管济源市更出名的是今年夏季数百名儿童的铅中毒事件，这部影片却将互联网定为引导青少年走上歧途、拆散家庭的根源。