pinpointing

英 [ˈpɪnpɔɪntɪŋ]

美 [ˈpɪnpɔɪntɪŋ]

v.  明确指出，确定(位置或时间); 准确解释(或说明)
pinpoint的现在分词

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

• "We wanted to find another method for pinpointing when humans might have first started wearing clothing," Reed said.
  “我们想要找到另一种方法，以确定人类可能从何时开始穿衣服，”里德说。
• Satellite data provided by London-based company Inmarsat have been crucial, but not enough, in the task of pinpointing the plane.
  位于伦敦的国际海事卫星组织（Inmarsat）提供的卫星数据非常关键，但还不足以准确定位失联航班。
• The marker could be useful in pinpointing and treating tumours, says Radu.
  一站式筛选着色标记可用于肿瘤的精确定位和治疗。
• Physicians have long recognized that pinpointing specific causes of disease in individual patients enables therapies that are the most likely to confer benefit with the fewest adverse effects.
  医生在很久以前就认识到，如果能够精确定位病人的特异性病因，就能够以最小的副作用将病人治愈。
• The difficulty of pinpointing primitive and derived characters remains.
  要正确地指出原始性状和次生性状仍然感到困难。
• Pinpointing all your attention to your legs during fast swimming will help you increase the effectiveness of your kick.
  你所有的注意力集中到你精确的腿在快速游泳将帮助你增加你踢的有效性。
• Pinpointing the impact of Arab political turmoil is complicated by the fact that oil prices were already rising thanks to a brighter global economic outlook.
  由于全球经济前景更加光明，油价已在上涨，这使得阿拉伯政治动乱的影响难以明确。
• For more information on pinpointing specific database issues, see the section on the Show DBS command later in this article.
  关于识别数据库问题的更多信息，请参见本文后面讨论ShowDBS命令的小节。
• This information is much more valuable than merely pinpointing the quake epicenter.
  这一信息比仅仅确定震中的位置要有价值得多。
• Pinpointing the true source of power in Japan is a notoriously slippery task.
  要准确指出日本真正的权力来源，是一项非常困难的任务。