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

• He held the three men at gunpoint.
  他用枪口对着那三个人。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was held up at gunpoint by masked raiders.
  他被持枪的蒙面歹徒抢劫了。
• Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence.
  用手枪或暴力威胁抢劫。
• 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。
• 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。
• The bank manager was abducted at gunpoint.
  在枪口威胁下银行行长（或经理）被人绑架。
• Who proceeded to kidnap the child at gunpoint.
  她用枪抵着绑架那个孩子。
• Laura, carried off at gunpoint, had been missing for three days.
  劳娜，在持枪者武力的威逼下被劫持，失踪已经三天。