gunpoint

英 [ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt]

美 [ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt]

n.  枪口

Collins.1 / BNC.22545 / COCA.16404

习惯用语

n.

at gunpoint
• 用枪威胁；在枪口威胁下
  while threatening sb or being threatened with a gun
• The driver was robbed at gunpoint.
  司机遭持枪抢劫。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 在枪口威胁下
  If you are heldat gunpoint, someone is threatening to shoot and kill you if you do not obey them.
  1. She and her two daughters were held at gunpoint by a gang who burst into their home.
     闯入她家的一伙歹徒用枪胁迫她和她的两个女儿。

英英释义

noun

• the gun muzzle's direction
  1. he held me up at the point of a gun
  Synonym:point

双语例句

• In Mexico, television cameras catch hostages being taken at gunpoint into a police car, then speeding away.
  在墨西哥，电视摄像机能够捕捉人质在枪口被带离到警车内，然后超速行使。
• I've taken the consul hostage at gunpoint.
  领事现在是我枪下的人质。
• He held the three men at gunpoint.
  他用枪口对着那三个人。
• The actor was involved in a real-life drama when he was held up at gunpoint last night.
  这名演员遭遇了现实生活中的一个戏剧性事件&他昨晚在枪口威胁下被抢劫。
• Two masked men held the bank clerks at gunpoint for three hours.
  两个戴面具的持枪歹徒劫持银行职员达3个小时之久。
• He was abducted at gunpoint.
  他在枪口威胁下被绑架了。
• Adrian McKinnon held the suspect, 33-year-old Tajuan Bullock, at gunpoint and told him to sit on the floor until he decided what to do.
  阿德里安。麦金农抓住了33岁的嫌疑犯塔埍。布洛克，用枪指着他，让他坐到地板上，直到最后决定了如何处理。
• Vehicles with Uighur drivers or with Uighur passengers were being searched at gunpoint.
  驾驶员或乘客中有维族人的车辆，则将接受持枪搜查。
• These may be laudable aims, but by enforcing them at gunpoint another vitally important principle is lost.
  也许用心是好的，但若诉诸枪杆子则无法坚持另一个至关重要的原则。
• Police say they found a teen who is abducted at gunpoint from his bus stop earlier in the day.
  警察称他们找到了于当天早些时候被枪支挟持，从公交汽车站绑架的一名少年。