point blank
形容词 adj.
副词 adv.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
- The distance between a gun and a target such that it requires minimal effort in aiming it. In particular no allowance needs to be made for effects of gravity, target movement or wind in aiming the projectile.
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Blunt, outright.
— Here I was brought into point blank collison with Rev. Dr. Cox, who made me the subject not only of bitter remark in the convention, but also of a long denunciatory letter published in the New York Evangelist and other American papers.
副词 adv.
- Horizontally (as the angle at which a projectile is launched); directly or straight (at the target).
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Directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution.
— I asked him point blank whether he was cheating on his wife.
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