punctual是什么意思_punctual怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed;"she expected guests to be punctual at meals"
"he is not a particularly punctual person"
"punctual payment"

中英词源

punctual 准时的

来自拉丁语punctum,点，刺点，来自pungere,刺，击，词源同pungent,point.

punctual (adj.): c. 1400, from Medieval Latin punctualis, from Latin punctus "a pricking" (see point (n.)). Originally "having a sharp point; of the nature of a point;" meaning "prompt" first recorded 1670s, from notion of "insisting on fine points." Related: Punctually.

词态变化

副词 punctually;
名词 punctuality;

权威造句

1. She has been reliable and punctual.: 她一直可靠守时。

2. I have to go now because I must be punctual for class.: 我现在不得不走了,因为我得准时去上课.

3. He stressed the point that we should be punctual.: 他强调的一点是我们必须准时.

4. All I request of you is that you ( should ) be punctual.: 我只要求你准时 .

5. I am not myself a particularly punctual person.: 我本人不是一个严守时间的人.

近反义词

exact

precise

prompt

strict

on time

相似短语

punctual stimulation 【医】单点刺激

punctual production system 【经】准时生产制

safe and punctual running of a train 安全正点

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