In private, the grumbles are more pointed.

私下的牢骚就更直率了。

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But I'm going to start from a much more pointed and local question.

但我将从一个更犀利更细节的问题开始。

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This question is made more pointed by the mounting evidence that pandemics can exact a large economic toll on both individual countries and the world as a whole (see article).

越来越多的证据表明，不论是对单个的国家还是将全世界看做一个整体，全球性流感疫情无疑将耗费巨大经济代价，从而使这个问题变得更加棘手。

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Hammerhead sharks have nostrils that are more widely spaced than those of sharks with pointed noses.

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But I'm going to start from a much more pointed and local question.

但我将从一个更犀利更细节的问题开始。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It has often been pointed out that in the past 4000 years more wars have been fought for the possession of the tiny strip of land known as Canaan, or the land of Israel, or Palestine, than have been fought for almost any other area in the world.

很多人指出，在过去的4000多年中,为了占领这一小块土地，有过多次战争,这块叫迦南，或以色列或巴勒斯坦的土地，这些战争远多于世界其他地区。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

This time emboldened, maybe, by the protesters a few committee members offered comments that were more pointed.

NEWYORKER: The Force

But this is a more pointed deception than the stock fantasy offered by beer ads.

NPR: Slate's Ad Report Card: Burger King's Buzz Marketing

When opened to queries from the audience, it turned more pointed and more tied to a specific stock.

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