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单词 pinpoint
释义
pinpoint
verb[T]
uk
/ˈpɪn.pɔɪnt/us
/ˈpɪn.pɔɪnt/
C2
tofindout or say theexactpositioninspaceortimeof something:
准确指出，确定（位置或时间）
It is notpossibleto pinpointpreciselythetimeofdeath.准确地确定死亡时间是不可能的。
C2
todiscoverordescribetheexactfactsabout something:
查明；准确描述
Emergencyworkersat thesiteare stillunableto pinpoint thecauseof theexplosion.现场的急救人员仍然无法确定爆炸的原因。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Finding and discovering
  • a fishing expeditionidiom
  • ascertain
  • break (fresh/new) groundidiom
  • breakthrough
  • bringsomethingto lightidiom
  • catchsomeonered-handedidiom
  • finding
  • flushsomeone/somethingout
  • fossick
  • found
  • pull
  • putsomeoneontosomething
  • putyourfinger onsomethingidiom
  • rake
  • rakesomethingout
  • red-handed
  • rumble
  • sniff
  • suss
  • uncover
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Defining & explaining
pinpoint
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪn.pɔɪnt/us
/ˈpɪn.pɔɪnt/
a verysmallspotof something:
极小的点
a pinpointoflight光点
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Words meaning small pieces and amounts
  • by a noseidiom
  • clipping
  • crumb
  • dab
  • dash
  • dollop
  • grain
  • hint
  • oddments
  • paring
  • peewee
  • pinch
  • potsherd
  • skinny
  • spark
  • swatch
  • tad
  • thimbleful
  • tidbit
  • tiddler
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pinpoint
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈpɪn.pɔɪnt/us
/ˈpɪn.pɔɪnt/
veryexact:
确切的，精确的
Thecomputerwillcalculateyourpositionwith pinpointaccuracy.计算机能够精确地计算出你的位置。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Accurate and exact
  • accuracy
  • accurate
  • accurately
  • aright
  • authoritative
  • exact
  • Goldilocks
  • got it in one!idiom
  • in so many wordsidiom
  • infallible
  • infallibly
  • literally
  • nose
  • sharp
  • strictly speakingidiom
  • superaccurate
  • synchronization
  • technically
  • tightness
  • truly
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(Definition ofpinpointfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

pinpoint| American Dictionary

pinpoint
verb[T]
us
/ˈpɪnˌpɔɪnt/
todiscoverorestablishsomethingexactly:
They wereunableto pinpoint thesourceof thenoise.
(Definition ofpinpointfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpinpoint

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Each path pinpoints a regression subsur face by the vir tue of examples that are contained in its leaf.
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The text pinpoints caring as having emotional, cognitive, and technical components.
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A village was pinpointed and describing and cataloguing how human speech the police investigation resources were turned is produced.
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Early research on the development and change of an individual's stylistic repertoire pinpointed the vernacular as an important concept for linguistic research.
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The target article is an important contribution because it pinpoints our lack of knowledge about how neurons in different cortical areas exchange information.
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Ruggles not only pinpointed the logical problem but went on to quantify its possible importance.
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Using a rich literary data-base, he pinpoints several properties distinguishing ' satellite-framed ' from ' verb-framed ' languages.
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The student is typically asked to identify the structure pinpointed.
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The six points pinpointed with circles are cusp points, where three direct kinematic solutions coincide.
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The address also pinpoints the factor, which caused the destruction of that civilization and its values: the abandonment of the judicial attitude.
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Given country music's popularity and influence in the twentieth century, she has pinpointed a serious oversight.
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Many come with an "index" feature, which pinpoints die exact location of any selected information for instant retrieval.
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Second, the prevalence of opioid exposure in this sample and its correlation with smoking is a shortcoming of this data set for pinpointing nicotine-specific effects.
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Factors central to the process of regime transformation are pinpointed.
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We will instead apply it below to the images of admissible curves inside as a way of pinpointing the location of folds.
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