| 释义 |
pointful, a.|ˈpɔɪntfʊl|
[f. point n.1 + -ful.]
Full of point; apposite, pertinent. So ˈpointfulness.
1897Daily Tel. 4 Jan. 5/4 Similarly, and with greater pointfulness, it was remarked that the Select Committee..never consulted any person who was not in full work. 1931Cath. Gaz. Feb. 71/2 The story—old, even apocryphal, it may be, but certainly typical and pointful—of Queen Victoria. 1960Guardian 15 July 6/5 The guileless burbling is often very entertaining, and sometimes even pointful. 1970Daily Tel. 27 June 7 Boulez will agree that for such randomness to be pointful the difference between one realisation and another needs to be rendered perceptible. 1976P. Donovan Relig. Lang. vii. 81 A surrounding describable in words sets the act in the appropriate light, making it profound and religiously pointful. 1977Gramophone Dec. 1164/1 Another pointful contrast came when we compared this latest RCA version of La forza del destino with that company's 1965 version also recorded with Leontyne Price. 1978Hi-fi News Dec. 159/3 The finale is particularly fine, imbued with an urgency and pointfulness that has rarely been equalled. |