英语词汇point-blank的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

point-blank. A point-blank shot made by archers in 16th- century England was one in which the arrow was aimed or pointed directly at the small white, or blank, bull’s-eye in the center of the target. With the advent of firearms a shot was said to be point-blank when it remained approximately straight over a certain distance. Because close-range point-blank firing in gunnery led to brutal destruction, the term became a syno- nym for direct, uncompromising rejection or blunt, brutal frankness in such terms as point-blank refusal and point-blank denial.

词汇	point-blank
词源	point-blank. A point-blank shot made by archers in 16th- century England was one in which the arrow was aimed or pointed directly at the small white, or blank, bull’s-eye in the center of the target. With the advent of firearms a shot was said to be point-blank when it remained approximately straight over a certain distance. Because close-range point-blank firing in gunnery led to brutal destruction, the term became a syno- nym for direct, uncompromising rejection or blunt, brutal frankness in such terms as point-blank refusal and point-blank denial.
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