Bắn thẳng (phát súng)

point-blank distance

khoảng cách có thể bắn thẳng

Thẳng thừng (nói)

a point-blank refusal

lời từ chối thẳng thừng

Nhắm thẳng, bắn thẳng (bắn súng)

(nghĩa bóng) một cách thẳng thừng, trực tiếp (nói, từ chối)

I told him point-blank it would not do

tôi bảo thẳng hắn cái đó không ổn

to refuse point-blank

từ chối thẳng

Direct, straight, blunt, flat, straightforward, abrupt,categorical, explicit, uncompromising, unmitigated, unalloyed,downright, outright, to the point, straight from the shoulder,(open and) above-board, unreserved: I asked her out to dinnerand got a point-blank refusal.

Close, short, nearby: He wasshot at point-blank range.

Adv.

Directly, straight (away), right away, bluntly, flat,flatly, abruptly, categorically, unqualifiedly, explicitly,uncompromisingly, unmitigatedly, outright,, unreservedly,plainly, frankly, openly, candidly: He turned her downpoint-blank when she offered him the job.

Directly, straight:He fired point-blank at the target.

Adj.

A (of a shot) aimed or fired horizontallyat a range very close to the target. b (of a distance or range)very close.

(of a remark, question, etc.) blunt, direct.

Adv.

At very close range.

Directly, bluntly. [prob. f.POINT + BLANK = white spot in the centre of a target]