n. 点;要点;得分;标点;
vt. (意思上)指向;削尖;加标点于;指路;
vi. 表明;指向;
💡 point(prick)→点;地点;目的;时刻;使锐利;指示
"Racial tension has reached boiling point ."
种族间的紧张状态已达到一触即发的程度。
近义:range, aim, hone, sharpen, strap, strop
n. 争论,争吵;论据;[数]幅角;主题,情节;
💡 argu=argue争论+ment表名词 →争论,辩论
"We had an argument with the waiter about the bill."
我们和服务员就账单发生了争吵。
近义:argue, propound, jangle, polemic, polemics, quarrel
反义:arrangement, negotiation, pact, bargain, settlement, treaty