走在最前面的那一個人
兩個意思共用同一個畫面：隊伍尖端上的那一個人。差別只在這條隊伍是真的在走路，還是一個組織在處理一件事。
noun · B2
A soldier who moves at the front of a group, ahead of everyone else, so that he is the first to see whatever is waiting on the path.
尖兵
核心畫面
One person walking at the very front of a line, alone, twenty steps ahead of everyone else. Because he is first, he meets whatever is on the path before the group does, and the group reads his hand to know what to do. That single figure at the tip is the picture the word keeps, whether the line is a patrol on a or a company facing a difficult subject.
可以想成一條隊伍最前面、單獨走著的那一個人。他在大家前面二十步，路上有什麼由他先遇上。後面的人看他的手勢決定停還是走…更多收起
可以想成一條隊伍最前面、單獨走著的那一個人。他在大家前面二十步，路上有什麼由他先遇上。後面的人看他的手勢決定停還是走。整個字留下來的就是「尖端上的那一個人」這個畫面。不管那條隊伍是山路上的巡邏兵，還是一家公司面對一個棘手議題，站在最前面的都只有一個人。One branch
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
point mannoun
- 1
governmentmilitarypoliticsIn combat, the soldier who takes point; the soldier who assumes the first and most exposed position in a combat military formation; the lead soldier/unit advancing through hostile or unsecured territory.
- The point man is the only one besides the Shooter who could verify the kill shots firsthand, and he did just that to another SEAL I spoke with.
- 2
A most trusted assistant or associate; the person upon whom one would most rely.
- McCarthy made a name for himself as a point man for a far right-wing current that attacked the Truman administration for the "loss" of China.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。