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

• 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。
• Rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence.
  用手枪或暴力威胁抢劫。
• 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。
• You took me out of my house at gunpoint.
  你拿枪逼着我离开我家。
• 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。
• We were robbed at gunpoint.
  我们是在枪口的威胁下被抢劫的。
• 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。
• Mr Martin was taken out of his car at gunpoint.
  马丁先生被人用枪指着从车里带了出来。
• My husband was detained at gunpoint.
  我丈夫在枪口下被捕。