学个词Learn a Word 第1099期 Pinpoint

今天我们要学的词是pinpoint¹。 Pinpoint, 准确地指出。 "The firefighters haven't been able to pinpoint the cause of the fire," 消防队员还没找到火灾的起因。"After the game, the coach pinpointed² a couple of areas for the team to work on," 教练赛后指出了球队需要加强训练的几个领域。 "Scientists pinpointed a gene³ that's linked to depression," 科学家找到了一种跟精神忧郁有关联的基因。 "A new website called justspotted.com can pinpoint exactly where celebrities⁴ are," 一个名叫 justspotted.com的新网站可以准确地告诉你，某个名人目前正在什么地方。好的，今天我们学习的词是pinpoint...
 

1 pinpoint   

vt.准确地确定；用针标出…的精确位置

参考例句：

• It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.很难准确地指出，现代用水的问题是什么时候出现的。
• I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。

2 pinpointed   

准确地找出或描述( pinpoint的过去式和过去分词 )； 为…准确定位

参考例句：

• His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice. 他拒绝帮助正显示他的胆小。
• Computers pinpointed where the shells were coming from. 计算机确定了炮弹发射的位置。

3 gene   

n.遗传因子，基因

参考例句：

• A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
• The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。

4 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目