point-blank

point-blank /'pɔint'biæɳk/
  • tính từ
    • bắn thẳng (phát súng)
      • point-blank distance: khoảng cách có thể bắn thẳng
  • phó từ
    • nhắm thẳng, bắn thẳng (bắn súng)
    • (nghĩa bóng) thẳng, thẳng thừng (nói, từ chối)
      • I told him point-blank it would not do: tôi bảo thẳng hắn cái đó không ổn
      • to refuse point-blank: từ chối thẳng

Xem thêm: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, straight-from-the-shoulder



point-blank

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, straight-from-the-shoulder

    blunt talking and straight shooting

    a blunt New England farmer

    I gave them my candid opinion

    forthright criticism

    a forthright approach to the problem

    tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank

    it is possible to be outspoken without being rude

    plainspoken and to the point

    a point-blank accusation

  • close enough to go straight to the target

    point-blank range

    a point-blank shot

    adv.

  • in a direct and unequivocal manner

    I asked him point-blank whether he wanted the job