美 [pɔɪnt ɪn taɪm]
时刻：时间上的某个瞬间，或是时间轴上的某个点。时刻可以作为时间间隔的起点和终点。
an instant of time
同义词： point
时间点
英文 “When”可 表示「时间点(a point in time) 以及「一段相对较长的时间(a comparatively long period of time)
... (period of time) 片刻 (point in time) 瞬间 (showing relief) 有那么一刻 ...
... mean 意思是 point in time 特定时间 solar 太阳的 ...
At this point in time we just have to wait.
到这种时刻，我们只好等待了。
At some point in time this is inflationary.
在某种程度上，目前是通货膨胀时期。
At this point in time, no compensation is involved.
在此时间点，不涉及任何补偿。
"We're at a point in time when we think we have a real opportunity because with the signing of this joint declaration, the parties are coming together and saying that we share a common commitment to address the situation and to offer children better hope for the future through education."
VOA : special.2010.10.26
And, at one point in time, he laments the end of the old Latin world and the B.C. world, when people could have these child slaves.
在某一时刻，他为拉丁时代和公元前时代的结束而哀悼，那时人们可以拥有小孩做奴隶。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
She was, I don't know, ninety and she married some sixty-year-old Confederate veteran at some point in time.
她大概有,大概有,九十岁,她在某个时期嫁给了一个,六十岁的南部邦联老兵
美国内战与重建课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
"Freshman,sophomore, junior,senior year, you know exactly what anyone is going through at any point in time during the year.
VOA : standard.2010.05.12
At this point in time, they are only allowed to use the money for IMF purposes, to pay IMF staff or replenish accounts for use,"
VOA : standard.2009.04.20
Do you believe that at this point in time Syria has over-gone the red line?
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At this point in time, the eventual outcome of the post-sequestration world remains a guess.
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Do you think at this point in time that that gross negligence bar has been reached?
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