The hands of the clock pointed to half past six. 钟的指针指在六点半上。 注：有时也用 towards)。如：
The building points to [towards] the east. 大楼朝东。
All the facts point to [towards] the same conclusion. 所有事实都说明同样的结论。 3. point out 指出，把注意力引向。如： He pointed her out to me. 他把她指给我看。 Please point our my errors. 请指出我的错误。
I must point out that further delay would be unwise. 我必须指明再延误就要吃大亏了。 polite
1. be polite to sb 对某人有礼貌的。如： Be more polite to ladies. 对女士要更有礼貌。 He is polite to his parents. 他对他父母很有礼貌。 2. It’s polite of sb to do sth 某人做某事是有礼貌的。如： It’s polite of him to do so. 他那样做很有礼貌。
It wasn’t very polite of you to serveyourselfwithoutasking. 你也不问一声就自己吃起来是不太礼貌的。
注：以上各句也可说成： He is polite to do so.
You weren’t very polite to serve yourself without asking. poor
1. be poor at 在……很差劲或不行。如： The man is poor at swimming. 这个人不善于游泳。
Some of the students are poor at spelling. 有些人在拼写方面很差劲。 2. be poor in 在……贫乏。如：
The man was poor in thought. 这个人思想贫乏。
He was poor in money but rich inknowledge. 他金钱贫乏，但知识丰富。 3. the poor 穷人。如：
The rich are not always happier than the poor. 富人并不比有钱人更幸福。 The poor were looked down upon in the old days. 在旧社会穷人受人瞧不起。 popular
1. be popular among 受……欢迎，讨……喜欢，在……当中流行。如： Beards are popular among young men. 蓄须在年轻人当中很游行(受年轻人欢迎)。 Swimming is popular with all ages. 游泳是老老少少都喜欢的。
The singer is very popular with [among] young people. 这位歌手很受年轻人的欢迎。 He is popular among men, though not, perhaps, with ladies. 他很受男士们的欢迎，虽然也许不一定讨女士们的喜欢。
population
1. have a population of 有……人口。如：
The city has a population of 250000. 这个城市有25万人口。
China has apopulationofmorethantwelvehundredmillion. 中国有12亿多人口. 2. the population of ……的人口。如：
The population of the country is only ten million.