On the dot
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定义
on the dot: 正点，准时
a dot: 点，标记
示例
- "Training will be held in the staff gym next Tuesday at 5pm on the dot."
- "I'll see you at 12:30 on the dot."
练习 1
Choose the TRUE statement from the list below.
Choose the TRUE statement from the list below.
Susie says that she knows of a great sushi bar "just around the corner from the building". This indicates that the sushi restaurant is "close by" or "near by" in the neighborhood, however the restaurant is not in the same building.
Miss Stake uses the idiom "on the dot" to refer to the time she is meeting with Susie. "On the dot" expresses something exact or precise, and is generally used to refer to the time. Example: Our train left the station at 3 o'clock on the dot. "On the dot" means "precisely" or "exactly" in this context.
Miss Stake tells Susie that she has been in the Delavigne offices for more than a week, and that she would prefer to meet with her outside the offices. There is no indication that she has been trying to schedule an appointment for more than a week.
Susie never suggests meeting for an evening meal or "dinner". She does speak of a "diner across the street", however a "diner" is a cheap restaurant. Rather, Susie and Fiona plat to "meet over lunch". "Lunch" is the meal eaten around midday to 3PM, in the middle of the day not the evening.
练习 2
Select the TRUE statements from the list below.
There may be more than one correct answer!
There may be more than one correct answer!
Select the TRUE statements from the list below.
There may be more than one correct answer!
Excerpt: I propose entering a Delavigne sports team into a dodgeball competition that is taking place next month. I think a little bit of exercise will do us all some good.
...Training will be held in the staff gym next Tuesday at 5pm on the dot.
There may be more than one correct answer!
This is correct. Bruno uses the idiom "on the dot" to refer to the time of the training session. "On the dot" describes something exact or precise, and is generally used to refer to the time. Example: Our train left the station at 3 o'clock on the dot. A "dot" is the small round mark made by a pen or pencil, it is also the name of the "." in ".com".
This is correct. Bruno writes "I think a little bit of exercise will do us all some good", meaning playing dodgeball will improve the physical condition of the Delavigne staff. "(A bit of exercise) will do you good" means that exercise will have a positive effect on you.
This is incorrect. Bruno writes that the Delavigne staff are "invited to exhibit their dodgeball skills", which does not mean that they are invited to an "exhibition" (or an "exhibit" in American English). To "exhibit (your skills)" is to present or make public your skills. Bruno wants the Delavigne staff to show their competency at dodgeball.
This is incorrect. Bruno writes that "presence (at the special training session) is compulsory." The word "compulsory" refers to something "required" or "obligatory". Example: It is compulsory for Russian women tennis players to be young, pretty and blond.
Excerpt: I propose entering a Delavigne sports team into a dodgeball competition that is taking place next month. I think a little bit of exercise will do us all some good.
...Training will be held in the staff gym next Tuesday at 5pm on the dot.
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