up-to-a-point

单词up-to-a-point

例句

• But the number of hypocrites rises steadily: up to a point, every citizen is, in fact, forced to be one.

  但是伪善者却逐步上升：归结到一点，事实上，每个公民都被迫成为一个伪善者。

• Inadequate water element leads to a sticky waste management system in which toxins build up to a point of creating disease.

  不充分的水元素导致一个粘性的废物处理系统，在其中毒素增进到制造疾病的点。

• The existence of this gap suggests that policies promoting energy conservation could, up to a point, actually make consumers richer.

  而这种不足正说明促进能源保护的政策可以在一定程度上真正让消费者变得富有。

• A study by the American Sociological Association shows that money can buy happiness but only up to a point.

  美国社会学协会一项调查表明金钱虽能买来幸福，但只是一定程度上的幸福。

• Well, I would agree with you up to a point , but I think you are not quite right.

  是的，在某种程度上我同意你的观点，但我认为你并不是十分正确。

• The Egyptian pyramids are massive monuments with a square base and four triangular sides rising up to a point.

  埃及金字塔是巨大的历史遗迹，这是以正方形的为基底、四面成三角形不断上升直到汇聚到一点。

• And that"s why, up to a point, he"s entirely able to exercise his will.

  而在某种角度上说，这就是为什么他可以彻底行使自己的意愿。

• The elite like to think of themselves as belonging to a meritocracy, but that"s true only up to a point.

  精英喜欢把自己归入管理阶层，但是这只是在一定程度上是真实的。

• TOKYO - Japanese women are cheerier than men, people grow glummer as they age, and money can buy happiness -- up to a point.

  日本女人比男人更快乐，随着年龄增加，人们越发忧郁，但钱能买到快乐，快乐随着钱的增多而上升，直至某一点。

• Necessary up to a point, but quite dull, and not something that deserves a place in management literature.

  虽然在一定程度上是必需的，但是相当枯燥，也没有资格在管理学文献中占有一席之地。