finger-pointing

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of pointing a finger or fingers. uncountable,usually
    — Fortunately, more often, these authorial throat-clearings and finger-pointings enrich the text. Even the sample quoted above moves on to a vivid evocation of the very physical aspects of a hunt. Perhaps surprisingly for a writer so easily caricatured as a dry Marxist theoretician, Berger excels in such sensual descriptions.
  2. The making of accusations; the assigning of blame. figuratively,informal,uncountable,usually
    — With the folding in November of Los Angeles Opera Theater came the expected finger-pointings and second-guessings among company officials.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of finger-point form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

finger-pointings plural finger pointing alternative fingerpointing alternative

词汇关系

相关词
finger point finger-point finger-pointy blame game he said, she said

词源

词源 1
From finger + pointing.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English finger-point
English -ing
English finger-pointing
From finger-point + -ing.
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