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单词 cardinal point
释义
cardinal point
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkɑː.dɪ.nəl ˈpɔɪnt/us
/ˌkɑːr.dɪ.nəl ˈpɔɪnt/
(alsocardinal direction)
one of the fourmainpointsof thecompass:north,south,east, andwest
方位基点，基本方位（即罗盘上的东、西、南、北）
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Points of the compass
  • compass reading
  • compass rose
  • E, e
  • easterly
  • eastern
  • easternmost
  • geomagnetic pole
  • magnetic north
  • magnetic pole
  • northeastern
  • northeastward
  • northerly
  • northern
  • northernmost
  • southeastern
  • southern
  • southwestern
  • true north
  • western
  • westernmost
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(Definition ofcardinal pointfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • In the long-continued darkness they had lost all knowledge of the cardinal points.
  • It was laid out with its corners facing the cardinal points of the compass, and with its streets running at right angles to each of its four sides, so that no street would be swept by the wind.
  • The light appears in the East, and thus defines that cardinal point, and by it the others are located.
  • The winds were classified as coming from them, and in many tongues the names of the cardinal points are the same as those of the winds that blow from them.
  • This building is circular, with projecting entrances at the four cardinal points of the compass.

Examplesofcardinal point

cardinal point
Still, the two methods seem to differ on acardinalpoint, since the perfectionist method is teleological, whereas the intuitionist method is deontological.
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In my own practice we have made it acardinalpointto employ at least one woman for the last six or seven years.
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It is acardinalpointwith all of us.
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The responsibility of the family is thecardinalpointin the prevention of crime.
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I ought to say why we are extending the legislation only for three years, because that is acardinalpoint.
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That is acardinalpointwith all local authorities.
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There was acardinalpointin his alibi.
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Therefore, the whole training programme, the development of commissioned and non-commissioned personnel throughout their service career, should re-emphasise thatcardinalpoint.
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This is acardinalpointthat was touched on earlier.
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Medical records are confidential documents and the preservation of their confidentiality is acardinalpointof medical ethics.
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That was acardinalpointin the upbringing of the family.
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This was thecardinalpointwhich came out of this overlooking of the denominational schools.
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Can we have an unequivocal reply on thatcardinalpoint?
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That is the reallycardinalpoint, and it is no good blinking it.
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If it is proved to be injurious, it touches thecardinalpointof the whole matter.
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