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

• Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence.
  用手枪或暴力威胁抢劫。
• He was abducted at gunpoint.
  他在枪口威胁下被绑架了。
• 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。
• 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。
• A robber, especially one who robs at gunpoint.
  抢劫者抢劫者，尤指带枪抢劫者。
• You took me out of my house at gunpoint.
  你拿枪逼着我离开我家。
• Gunpoint they were forced at gunpoint to hand over the money.
  他们在枪口的威胁下被迫把钱交了出来。
• He's holding him at gunpoint inside the consulate.
  他把领事关在领事馆里，用枪指着他。
• 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。
• The masked robber made her open the safe at gunpoint.
  那蒙面强盗用枪逼着她打开保险箱。