sharpshooting
sharpshooting — 名詞
1. the activity or skill of firing a gun with very high accuracy, often over long d
精準射擊
以極高精度進行射擊的技術或活動
the activity or skill of firing a gun with very high accuracy, often over long distances, whether in sport, military operations, or hunting — a sharpshooter can hit a small target that most people would miss.
Henrik won the sharpshooting competition by hitting a coin-sized target from fifty metres away.
Henrik 在精準射擊比賽中勝出，從五十公尺外擊中一枚硬幣大小的目標。
collocation: sharpshooting competition
The army sent its best soldiers for sharpshooting training in the hills last winter.
去年冬天，軍方派出最優秀的士兵到山區接受精準射擊訓練。
collocation: sharpshooting training
Gabriela practises sharpshooting every weekend at a range outside the city.
Gabriela 每週末在市郊的靶場練習精準射擊。
In the 19th century, sharpshooting became a popular skill among hunters on the frontier.
十九世紀時，精準射擊成為邊境獵人間很受歡迎的技能。
historical context: 19th-century frontier
- sharpshooting competition
- sharpshooting skills
- sharpshooting training
- sharpshooting team
- expert in sharpshooting
- sharpshooting champion
- marksmanship
broader term covering any accurate shooting, including rifles, pistols, and bows; sharpshooting emphasises extreme precision, often at long range
- sniping
more specific to military or assassination contexts where the shooter is concealed; sharpshooting can be a sport
用法筆記
Used as an uncountable noun; you cannot say 'a sharpshooting'. The person who performs sharpshooting is a sharpshooter.
常見錯誤
2. the act of directing clever, critical, or sharply worded remarks at someone, oft
犀利言詞
精準且帶有攻擊性的言語批評
the act of directing clever, critical, or sharply worded remarks at someone, often in a debate, article, or public argument — like a verbal version of sharpshooting, the comments are precise and aimed to wound.
The journalist used sharpshooting in interviews, hitting every weak point with one question.
那位記者以政治訪問中的犀利言詞著稱，一個問題就能命中每個弱點。
figurative use: political interviews
Maeve's sharpshooting during the debate left both opponents struggling to respond.
Maeve 在辯論中的犀利言詞讓兩位對手都難以招架。
Columnists in the capital have turned sharpshooting into entertainment, attacking each other in print.
首都的專欄作家已將犀利批評變成一種娛樂，在報上互相攻擊。
figurative collocation: verbal sharpshooting
Sayaka smiled at her brother's sharpshooting comment but refused to argue back.
Sayaka 對哥哥犀利的評論笑了笑，但沒有回嘴。
- sharpshooting remark
- sharpshooting comment
- verbal sharpshooting
- political sharpshooting
- verbal sparring
implies a back-and-forth exchange rather than one-sided criticism; sharpshooting suggests more precision
- sarcasm
broader — any form of cutting humour; sharpshooting emphasises the targeted, deliberate nature of the attack
- praise
compliments instead of criticism
用法筆記
This figurative sense is most common in journalism and political commentary. The physical act (sense 1) is more frequent in everyday speech about shooting sports.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- sharpshooting competition
- sharpshooting skills
- sharpshooting champion
常用片語
- expert in sharpshooting
- a display of sharpshooting
介系詞搭配
- in sharpshooting
- at sharpshooting