英语词汇“miss the point”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

词汇

miss the point

释义

Idiom

miss the point

Theme: UNDERSTANDING

to fail to understand the important part of something.

I'm afraid you missed the point. Let me explain it again.You keep explaining, and I keep missing the point.

Idiom

miss the point

to fail to understand what is important about something.

I think you've missed the point. It's not the money that's the problem, it's the fact that she's not consulting him when she spends it.

idiommiss the pointUnderstand to not understand the main idea of what someone is saying, or the main idea of a situation:This kid said his dad had bought him every card ever printed, and I told him, I think you're missing the point of baseball cards. You're supposed to buy a few, trade them with your friends, and build up a collection slowly.Anyone who thinks Watts has been a frustrated jazz drummer while playing rock music all these years is missing the point. "The feel of playing rock and jazz is the same for me," he explains.

miss the point

To misunderstand the essence or crux of something. That's not what I meant at all—you missed the point of everything I just said.

miss the point

to fail to understand the important part of something. I'm afraid you missed the point. Let me explain it again. You keep explaining, and I keep missing the point.

miss the point

Overlook or fail to understand the essential or important part of something, as in Chris missed the point of Gwen's complaint, thinking she was opposed to the date of the next meeting . This expression employs point in the sense of "the salient portion," a usage dating from the late 1300s.

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