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单词 to miss the point
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to miss the point
f. to miss the point: to fail to understand the main issue of an argument, discussion, etc.; to fail to see the purpose or significance of something.
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a1777 S. Foote Tragedy a-la-mode (1795) ii. i. 292 You mean the want of variety of characters; You miss the point... It is not The play, but the player.
1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xviii. 291 The difficulty..rises solely from his missing the point of the proverbial phrase.
1873 Times 5 Apr. 6/1 The noble earl..had completely missed the point raised by the noble marquis.
1924 G. B. Shaw St. Joan Pref. p. vii Socrates..was paralysed by his sense that somehow he was missing the point of the attack.
1983 S. Brust Jhereg i. 23 ‘You're missing the point’, I said.
2004 Stage (Nexis) 2 Sept. 18 Unfortunately Riley seems to have missed the point of satire.
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