It is difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers.
对于四十岁以下的普通读者来说，很难想象曾经有一段时间，大多数大城市的报纸上都能找到高质量的艺术评论。
In his book The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell argues that "social epidemics" are driven in large part by the actions of a tiny minority of special individuals, often called influentials, who are unusually informed, persuasive, or well connected.
在他的著作《引爆点》中，马尔科姆·格拉德威尔认为，"社会流行"在很大程度上是由一小部分特殊个体的行为驱动的，这些人通常被称为有影响力者，他们往往信息特别灵通、极具说服力或人脉广泛。
Devoted concertgoers who reply that recordings are no substitute for live performance are missing the point.
那些坚持认为录音无法替代现场演出的忠实音乐会观众，没有抓住重点。
But had Entergy kept its word, that debate would be beside the point.
但若恩特格里公司信守承诺，这场争论就无关紧要了。
Objective knowledge is the goal, not the starting point.
客观知识是目标，而不是起点。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。