checkpoints是什么意思？

checkpoints

英[t'ʃekpɔɪnts] 美[t'ʃekpɔɪnts]

• n. 检查站，车站的行李房( checkpoint的名词复数 )；

例句

• He ordered the dismantling of police checkpoints on highways, which were being used to shake down motorists for bribes... 他下令取消公路上的警方检查站，因为警察们在这些地方向司机强行索要贿赂。
• The checkpoints have become so lucrative that officers buy and sell them. 官员们买卖这些检查站就是因为其有利可图.
• He ordered the dismantling of police checkpoints on highways, which were being used to shake down motorists for bribes. 他下令取消公路上的警方检查站，因为警察们在这些地方向司机强行索要贿赂。
• Checkpoints between the two zones were temporarily closed. 那两个地区之间的检查站被临时关闭。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （车辆）检查站，关卡
  A checkpoint is a place where traffic is stopped so that it can be checked.