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单词 pinpoint
释义
pinpoint
(pɪnpɔɪnt )
Word forms: pinpoints , pinpointing , pinpointed
1. verb
If you pinpoint the cause of something, you discover or explain the cause exactly.
It was almost impossible to pinpoint the cause of death. [VERB noun]
...if you can pinpoint exactly what the anger is about. [VERB wh]
The commission pinpoints inadequate housing as a basic problem threatening village life. [VERB noun + as]
Synonyms: identify, discover, spot, define  
2. verb
If you pinpoint something or its position, you discover or show exactly where it is.
I could pinpoint his precise location on a map. [VERB noun]
Computers pinpointed where the shells were coming from. [VERB wh]
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
If something is placed with pinpoint accuracy, it is placed in exactly the right place or position.
...the pinpoint accuracy of the bombing campaigns.
Synonyms: precise, scientific, careful, strict  
Collocations:
pinpoint a moment
I can pinpoint the moment this allseeing screen entered my unconscious.
Times, Sunday Times
Do your research and you'll be able to pinpoint a moment in time when your body type, or skin tone or hair was considered the height of gorgeous.
The Sun
An insistent voice tells her to keep recounting the events of the past few days, so they can pinpoint the moment the 'worms' came into being.
Times, Sunday Times
Pinpointing a moment in each and basing an everlasting theory of economics on it strikes me as dodgy financial science.
Times, Sunday Times
pinpoint a problem
If she can pinpoint the problem, she can fix it.
The Sun
The optometrist will pinpoint the problem and discuss treatments, including cataract surgery, which could make a big difference.
The Sun
It was hard to pinpoint the problem, however, because the hamsters gave birth underground and field biologists could only count the pups when they were old enough to emerge.
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Food allergies or sensitivities can be difficult to establish and often involve an elimination diet, to pinpoint the problem food.
Times, Sunday Times
Pinpointing the problem can be fiddly.
Times, Sunday Times
pinpoint a target
She said that lastminute changes to freight routes would thwart the bombers' attempts to pinpoint a target.
The Sun
In self-generated silence, their undistracted hearing can pinpoint a target and with supreme exactness.
Times, Sunday Times
They pinpoint their target, drop with great agility between the hedges and then, clasping their prize, rise into the air with power and focus.
Times, Sunday Times
Spray runs were surveyed to pinpoint the target area and then placed on a priority list.
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They provide intelligence on enemy movements and pinpoint targets.
The Sun
pinpoint a weakness
They see things the same way, talk the same language, pinpoint the weaknesses.
Times, Sunday Times
Her next move pinpointed the weaknesses in the white position and set up a winning tactic.
Times, Sunday Times
Her otherwise brutal personality allows her to easily pinpoint the weaknesses of others.
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pinpoint pass
Normally a defender, he was a midfield revelation and created the only goal with a pinpoint pass.
The Sun
And he showed he could be a threat going forward with an eye for a pinpoint pass.
The Sun
Played two beautiful sprayed, pinpoint passes for the full backs running into space but dropped deeper and deeper as match wore on.
Times, Sunday Times
Great work for opener and showed some pinpoint passing.
The Sun
His pinpoint passes are made to draw-out the potential of the receiver.
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pinpoint the cause
Doctors plan tests to pinpoint the cause of her stroke but say she should eventually recover fully.
The Sun
He will try to pinpoint the cause by getting more detail about your symptoms and, probably, through a blood sample.
The Sun
She said that it was difficult to pinpoint the cause but suggested that a patient might have been to blame.
Times, Sunday Times
These detailed tests may show that everything's normal and it might be difficult to pinpoint any cause.
Times, Sunday Times
Police said a review failed to pinpoint the cause of the outage.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 准确指出原因
Japanese: 正確に示す
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