Word · Frequency #16791
checkpoints
检查站
checkpoints is the plural of checkpoint.
a place where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance, especially at a frontier or border
- 1.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.
进行检查的地点,尤指道路上或边境上拦截旅客检查的关卡。
- 2.
a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance
旅客在边境等地被检查和通关的地点
- 3.
A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
数据库系统状态已知有效、可在危机时通过备份和日志恢复到该状态的时间点(常以时间表示)；该事件所存储的数据。
- 4.
A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.
地图、关卡或场景中预先设定的点,玩家死亡或重新开始时可从该点继续。
- 5.
A biological control mechanism ensuring correct progression through the cell cycle.
确保细胞周期正确进行的生物调控机制。
进行检查的地点,尤指道路上或边境上拦截旅客检查的关卡。；旅客在边境等地被检查和通关的地点；数据库系统状态已知有效、可在危机时通过备份和日志恢复到该状态的时间点(常以时间表示)；该事件所存储的数据。；地图、关卡或场景中预先设定的点,玩家死亡或重新开始时可从该点继续。；确保细胞周期正确进行的生物调控机制。
In use
We had to stop at the border checkpoint before entering the next country.
The soldiers waved us through the checkpoint after checking our passports.
All vehicles are required to slow down at the security checkpoint.
pass through a checkpoint
pass through 表示“穿过、通过”，后接地点名词。checkpoint 是可数名词，单数前常用 a/an。
Every vehicle must pass through a checkpoint at the national border.
每辆车都必须通过国家边境的检查站。
set up a checkpoint
set up 表示“设立”，是及物动词短语，checkpoint 作宾语。该结构常用被动语态，如 a checkpoint was set up。
Police set up a checkpoint to inspect passing cars.
警察设立了一个检查站来检查过往车辆。
be stopped at a checkpoint
be stopped at 是被动结构，强调“被拦住”。at 后接具体地点，也常与 checkpoint 搭配，如 at the checkpoint。
Connections
Collocations
- military checkpoint
- 军事检查站
- The soldiers stopped our car at the military checkpoint outside the city.士兵们在城外的军事检查站拦下了我们的车。
- police checkpoint
- 警察检查站
- Police set up a checkpoint on the highway to catch drunk drivers.警方在高速公路上设立检查站，查处酒驾司机。
- security checkpoint
- 安全检查站
- Passengers must show their boarding pass at the security checkpoint.乘客必须在安全检查站出示登机牌。
- border checkpoint
- 边境检查站
- We had to wait an hour at the border checkpoint before entering the country.我们在边境检查站等了一个小时才进入该国。
- set up a checkpoint
- 设立检查站
- The army set up checkpoints on all main roads after the attack.袭击发生后，军队在所有主要道路上设立了检查站。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
check（检查）+ point（点）：路上被拦下检查的那个点，就是检查站。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：border crossing、military zone、security screening “检查站”这一义项通常用于边境、军事或安检等场合，属于中性偏正式用语，比较常见于新闻和官方文件。
Pronunciation & Spelling
checkpoint 的最后一个音节 /pɔɪnt/ 与 point、joint、appoint、disappoint 以及 viewpoint、standpoint 中的 -point 读音一致，都构成押韵；注意 pint /paɪnt/ 和 paint /peɪnt/ 只是拼写或听感近似，并不押韵；check 部分读 /tʃɛk/，不要读成 cheek /tʃiːk/ 或 chick /tʃɪk/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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