pinpointed

英 [ˈpɪnpɔɪntɪd]

美 [ˈpɪnpɔɪntɪd]

v.  明确指出，确定(位置或时间); 准确解释(或说明)
pinpoint的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 确认；准确解释（或说明）
  If youpinpointthe cause of something, you discover or explain the cause exactly.
  1. It was almost impossible to pinpoint the cause of death.
     几乎不可能确认死因。
  2. ...if you can pinpoint exactly what the anger is about...
     如果你能确切地解释愤怒从何而来
  3. The commission pinpoints inadequate housing as a basic problem threatening village life.
     该委员会明确指出住房不足是威胁村民生活的根本问题。
• VERB 精确地确定（或指明）…的位置
  If youpinpointsomething or its position, you discover or show exactly where it is.
  1. I could pinpoint his precise location on a map...
     我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。
  2. Computers pinpointed where the shells were coming from.
     计算机确定了炮弹发射的位置。
• ADJ 定点的；定位精确的；非常精确的
  If something is placed withpinpointaccuracy, it is placed in exactly the right place or position.
  1. ...the pinpoint accuracy of the bombing campaigns.
     战略性轰炸的精确定位

双语例句

• Google Earth: Download and install Google Earth which offers maps and satellite images for complex or pinpointed regional searches.
  GoogleEarth：下载并安装GoogleEarth，它为复杂或精确的区域探测提供地图和卫星图像。
• Areas where fertilisers and pesticides are being applied excessively can be pinpointed, studied and regulated by environmental and land-use agencies.
  政府可以针对那些过分使用化肥和杀虫剂的地区，让环境和土地资源部门进行研究和监管。
• The exact day of the Christ child's birth has never been pinpointed.
  确切的一天，基督孩子的出生从来没有确定。
• His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice.
  他拒绝帮助正显示他的胆小。
• Researchers have pinpointed a mechanism in the brains of mice that could explain why some human mothers suffer from depression after childbirth.
  研究人员已精确找到老鼠大脑内的一处机制，能够解释为何一些人类母亲在分娩后会得抑郁症。
• Then those findings were later reviewed, the old location pinpointed, and the remnants of a supernova found.
  这些记录被后人加以分析，找到了准确的位置，并发现了一颗超新星的残骸。
• However, he said it's likely that subepicardial aneurysm is not pinpointed as the cause of death in many patients who die from this condition.
  但是，他认为心外膜下动脉瘤很可能并不是很多胸痛患者的死亡原因。
• A new study has pinpointed the mosquito species responsible for most malaria cases in southwestern Cameroon& an area where little is known about the transmission of the disease.
  一项新的研究锁定了造成喀麦隆西南部绝大多数疟疾病例的蚊子类型。此前科学家对于该地区疟疾的传播情况知之甚少。
• We pinpointed the flaws in his argument.
  我们突出他辩论中的错误。
• By using a wide-ranging framework Dr Strenger thinks he has pinpointed the cause.
  通过这一涉及多个领域、涵盖面很广的研究，斯特兰博士认为他已经发现了导致该现象的原因。