| 词组 | point |
| 释义 | point [pointed, pointed, pointing] point out 1. point out sth/sb • point sth/sb out to show something or someone to another person for example by pointing at them with your finger or saying where they are: ▪ We drove along Market Street and she pointed out the house where she was born. ▪ There are a few mistakes here that I'd like to point out. + to ▪ I'll point him out to you if I see him. 2. point out sth • point sth out to tell someone something that they need to realize, because it is important in a particular situation or in a discussion you are having: ▪ As I've already pointed out, it takes a long time to learn a foreign language. ▪ Our financial adviser had pointed out the risks of investing in the currency markets. + that ▪ It is worth pointing out that one in ten children still leave school unable to read or write. + to ▪ I pointed out to the referee that the boy had done nothing to deserve a red card. point to point to sth to mention a fact which you think is important because you think it proves something: ▪ The Prime Minister pointed to economic growth as evidence that the government's policies were working. ▪ We in NATO can point to the fact that we will soon have reduced the number of nuclear warheads by 90%. point to/towards point to/towards sth if the evidence or information that you have points to a particular fact or event, it shows that the fact is likely to be true or that the event is likely to happen: ▪ All the evidence pointed to the Mafia being involved in the murders. ▪ a new batch of opinion polls that pointed to a Labour victory in the forthcoming elections point up point up sth • point sth up formal to make a particular fact, problem etc clearer and more noticeable, so that people's attention is directed towards it: ▪ Patients' complaints have pointed up the problems of administering a healthcare program. ▪ a journalist who had done so much to point up the injustice of the apartheid system ■ SIMILAR TO: highlight, draw attention to |
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