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checkpoint

英 ['tʃekpɒɪnt] 美['tʃɛkpɔɪnt]

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n. 检查站，关卡

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复数: checkpoints;

英文词源

checkpoint (n.): 1940, from check (v.1) + point (n.). Originally an aviator's term for landforms or structures of known height against which the craft's altitude could be visually checked. The "vehicle stop" sense is recorded from 1950.

双语例句

1. French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.: 在一个公路检查站法国士兵摆开架势，准备迎战一名持枪者。

2. The car failed to stop at an army checkpoint.: 那辆车没有在军方检查站停车。

3. For twenty-nine years, Checkpoint Charlie embodied the Cold War.: 29年来，查理检查站一直是冷战的象征。

4. The checkpoint was abandoned as militarily indefensible.: 检查站因为军事上无法防御而被舍弃。

5. Soldiers opened fire on a car which failed to stop at an army checkpoint.: 士兵向那辆拒绝在军事检查站停车检查的汽车开了火。