point 意味 & 読み方

日本語でのpointの意味

• 0 a unit used for showing who is winning in a game -- （試合の）得点

  • Our team is five points ahead.

• 1 an opinion, idea, or fact that someone says or writes -- 主張, 意見

  • He made some interesting points about the election.

  • He explained his point by drawing a diagram.

• 2 a quality that someone has -- （人の）特質, （長/短）所

  • I know she’s bossy, but she has lots of good points too.

• 3 the thin, sharp end of something -- （とがった物の）先端, 先

  • the point of a needle

• 4 a particular time in an event or process -- （時間のある）時点

  • At this point in the day, I’m too tired to think.

• 5 the reason for or purpose of something -- （何かをする）理由, 目的

  • What’s the point of going to college if you can’t get a job afterwards?

• 6 an opinion or fact that should be considered seriously -- もっともな意見

  • ‘She’s always complaining that the office is cold.’ ‘Well, she has a point (= that is true).’

  • ‘How are we going to get there if there are no trains?’ ‘That’s a good point.’

• 7 the most important part of what has been said or written -- 要点, 論点

  • Come on, get to the point!

  • The point is, if you don’t claim the money now, you might never get it.

• 8 partly -- ある程度は

  • What he says is true up to a point.

• 9 the mark (.) that is used to separate the two parts of a decimal -- 小数点(.)

  • One mile equals one point six (= 1.6) kilometres.

• 10 one of the marks on a compass -- （コンパス・羅針盤上の）点

  • the points of the compass

• 11 a particular place -- （特定の）場所, 箇所, 部分

  • This is the point where the pipes enter the building.

• 12 a device connected to an electricity system that a plug fits into in order to supply electricity to something -- （電気の）コンセント

• 13 to be going to do something very soon -- まさに～しようとしている

  • Amy was on the point of crying.

• 14 to be certain that you always do a particular thing -- 必ず～する, 決まって～する

  • He made a point of learning all the names of his staff.

• 15 to show where someone or something is by holding your finger or a thin object towards it -- 指さす

  • She pointed to a bird in the tree.

• 16 to hold something so that it faces towards someone or something -- （ある方向に）～を向ける

  • She pointed her gun at them.

• 17 to face towards a particular direction -- （～の方向に）向いている

  • The road sign points left.