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Pinpoint   [V Location N Exact Found Car Verb

英语单词 pinpoint
英美音标 英 ['pɪnpɔɪnt] 美 ['pɪnpɔɪnt]
中文释义 v.精确地找到;瞄准;使突出
n.极小之物;精确位置
adj.精确的;微小的
英语例句 (1) It's difficult to pinpoint the cause of the accident.
(2) With this device, we can pinpoint your exact location.
(3) We need to pinpoint our target market.
(4) We pinpointed the flaws in his argument.
(5) The bomb hit the pinpoint at which they aimed.
(6) They can control precisely where the nanotube penetrates a cell, for example, and een pinpoint smaller cell structures, such as the nucleus or mitochondrion.
(7) He discovered some pinpoint particles in the liquid.
中文例句 (1) 很难清楚地找到事故发生的原因。
(2) 有了这个仪器,我们可以精确地标出你的位置。
(3) 我们需要明确指出我们的市场目标。
(4) 我们突出他辩论中的错误。
(5) 炸弹精确地击中了目标。
(6) 例如他们能精确的控制纳米管插入细胞的位置,甚至能定位到更小的细胞结构如细胞核或线粒体。
(7) 他在液体中发现了一些极其微小的细粒。
vocabulary简明 To pinpoint something is to nail down its exact location.
vocabulary扩展 The point of a pin is very small and fine. Similarly, when you pinpoint something, you have narrowed down its location to the smallest possibility: you've found out exactly where it is. The government is constantly trying to pinpoint the location of terrorists, just as police try to pinpoint the location of criminals. Dogs can pinpoint many things through smell. It's often hard to pinpoint which car is producing an annoying car alarm. When you pinpoint something, you've found it.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]确认;准确解释(或说明) If you pinpoint the cause of something, you discover or explain the cause exactly.
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  • It was almost impossible to pinpoint the cause of death.

    几乎不可能确认死因。

  • ...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

  • 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。

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[VERB 动词]精确地确定(或指明)…的位置 If you pinpoint something or its position, you discover or show exactly where it is.
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  • I could pinpoint his precise location on a map...

    我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。

  • Computers pinpointed where the shells were coming from.

    计算机确定了炮弹发射的位置。

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[ADJ 形容词]定点的;定位精确的;非常精确的 If something is placed with pinpoint accuracy, it is placed in exactly the right place or position.
  [ADJ n]
  • ...the pinpoint accuracy of the bombing campaigns.

    战略性轰炸的精确定位

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