a place, especially on a border between two countries, where people have to stop so their vehicles and documents can be checked (边防)检查站;边防关卡 There are border guards at the checkpoint crossing. 检查站有边防人员。 The soldier stopped the motorist at a roadside checkpoint. 士兵在路边检查站拦住了司机。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc2The army has set up checkpoints on all the major roads in the area. 军队已在该地区所有干道上设置了检查站。 The police waved our car through the border checkpoint. 警察挥手示意我们的车通过边境检查站。 We were stopped at the checkpoint. 我们在检查站被拦下。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- border
- army
- military
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- set up
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- at a/the checkpoint
- through a/the checkpoint