point

/pɔɪnt/

verb

(intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it. / (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.

I will point at the map to show you the location.

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意味（1）

Now must the world point at poor Katharine.

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意味（2）

(intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.

In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

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意味（3）

(intransitive) To face in a particular direction.

意味（4）

(transitive, sometimes figuratively) To direct toward an object; to aim.

to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort

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意味（5）

To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.

to point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral

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意味（6）

(intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.

Tens of thousands of Portuguese, Greek and Irish people have left their homelands this year, many heading for the southern hemisphere. Anecdotal evidence points to the same happening in Spain and Italy.

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