| 单词 | to come to the point |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come (also get, keep, etc.) to the point b. The main subject or focus of a discussion, discourse, etc.; the nub or essence of a matter; the central or pertinent issue. Frequently in to come (also get, keep, etc.) to the point. (Cf. also sense 25b, with which this sometimes merges in later use.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [noun] > essential part pointc1385 pithc1425 issue1553 extract1570 catch1600 hinge1638 punctuma1680 resa1732 jet1748 gist1820 bottom line1830 just it1862 crux1888 c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2208 Now comth the point, and herkneth if yow leste. c1430 (c1380) G. Chaucer Parl. Fowls 372 But to the poynt: Nature held on hire hond A formel egle. c1450 (c1405) Mum & Sothsegger (BL Add. 41666) (1936) 1333 (MED) Þees sweuenes of sobre men wittes..prouen ofte to þe poynt of pourpoos in deede. ?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton iii. sig. gvii Therfore euery man oughte to kepe hym self fro ouermoche talkyng as they eten and drynken, For thou oughtest to speke to the poynte whan it is tyme. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxix. 236 Come to ye poynt, and vse no more such langage nor suche serymonyes. 1606 Returne from Pernassus v. iii. sg. H3 But the point is, I know not how to better my selfe. 1693 T. Creech in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiii. Argt. 255 Then coming closer to his Point, he tells him..The Wicked are severely punisht by their own Consciences. 1738 tr. S. Guazzo Art of Conversat. 12 Let us now come to the Point in Hand. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 66 ‘Is it impossible for you to speak to the point?’ said La Motte. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. ix. 138 ‘Spare me the fashion of thy mechanicals, and come to the point,’ interrupted Marmaduke. 1868 A. Helps Realmah (1876) 256 Do keep to the point, my excursive friends. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 16 The point is not who said the words, but whether they are true or not. 1897 B. Stoker Dracula xxi. 287 I was about to call him back to the point, but Van Helsing whispered to me, ‘Let him go on. Do not interrupt him.’ 1951 D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 126 ‘What's this bloody nonsense about a studio, Sadie?’ I said, going straight to the point. 1993 Camcorder User Mar. 38/1 People waffle, leave sentences in the air, repeat themselves, fumble for words and, worse still, rarely stick to the point. < as lemmas |
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