【句子】We’ve made a point to get to know everyone in the neighborhood. 【Modern Family S2E17】【发音】[wi:v] [meɪd] [ə] [pɔɪnt] [tʊ] [get] [tʊ] [nəʊ] [ˈev.ri.wʌn] [ɪn] [ðə] [ˈneɪ.bə(r).hʊd]【发音技巧】made a连读;point to完全失去爆破;get to完全失去爆破;【翻译】我们一直以来尽力想认识各位“邻居”。【适用场合】make a point的用法1. state or demonstrate sth.表明看法;立论;eg: Stop interrupting me—I'm trying to make a point!别打断我,我正在表明我的立场和看法。 eg: He spoke for an hour without making a point.他说了一个小时了,也不知道想要说个啥。其实一般我们很常见的用法是:make your pointeg: I think you’ve made your point, dear.我想,你已经很清楚地阐述你的观点了。2. 特别注意某事;重视某事;刻意去做某事;make sure you do sth because it is important or necessary或者If you make a point of doing something, you do it in a very deliberate or obvious way.常见搭配make a point of doing sth.make a point to do sth.eg: She made a point of spending as much time as possible away from school.她故意磨磨蹭蹭不想去学校。eg: From then on he made a point of avoiding her.从那时候起,他有意躲着她。eg: I made a point of closing all the windows before leaving the house.在离开房子之前,我特别注意,把所有窗户都关上了。在节目末尾,再补充一个知识点:视频中,Gloria说:I don’t know, Jay. I think they have a very good point.我也不知道呢,Jay。我觉得他们说的有道理。sb. has a point或者sb. has a good point指的是觉得某个人说得对;某个人说的有道理;one's point of view or opinion makes sense and is worth considering.这个我们之前就已经学习过的。eg: You have a point. It would be better to wait till this evening.你说得对,再等到今晚看看会比较好。【尝试翻译以下句子,并留言在文章留言区】 不得不说的是,她说的很有道理。