bone of contention
英 [bəʊn ɒv kənˈtenʃn]
美 [boʊn əv kənˈtenʃn]
n. 争议的焦点; 争执所在
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 争议的焦点;争执所在
If a particular matter or issue is abone of contention, it is the subject of a disagreement or argument.- The main bone of contention is the temperature level of the air-conditioners.
争来争去无非是空调温度。
- The main bone of contention is the temperature level of the air-conditioners.
英英释义
noun
- the subject of a dispute
- the real bone of contention, as you know, is money
双语例句
- The area was a bone of contention between the Uzbek emirs and the Persian Kings for many centuries.
过去几个世纪中,这个地区是乌兹别克埃米尔们和波斯国王们争夺的焦点。 - Japan has not acknowledged that the islands are disputed, which has provided another bone of contention between Tokyo and Beijing.
日本一直不承认钓鱼岛主权存在争议,这是中日之间另一个争论焦点。 - This issue is a Bone of contention between us.
这事件是引发我们争论的原因。 - What is the real bone of contention?
真正的争议点是什么? - The main bone of contention in Toronto was fiscal policy.
多伦多峰会争论的焦点是财政政策。 - The bone of contention again will be money, but this time you seem to be at odds with a lover or one of your children.
争论的焦点再次将钱的,但这次你似乎是在与情人或你的孩子一个机会。 - The real bone of contention, as you know, is money.
如你所知的,真正争论的重点就是“钱”。 - The island has been a bone of contention between our two countries.
多年来,那个岛屿一直是我们两国之间争执的焦点。 - In terms of copyright, another bone of contention, we only show a headline and a couple of lines from each story.
考虑到版权,这是另一个争论的焦点,我们只是显示每篇新闻报道的标题或几行摘要。 - In December, the SEC addressed a long-standing bone of contention for non-US companies by making it easier for them to delist from US stock exchanges and deregister from the SEC, thus escaping Sarbanes-Oxley.
去年12月,sec降低了非美国企业从美国证券交易所退市和从sec除名的难度,从而绕开了《萨班斯-奥克斯利法》(sarbanes-oxley),解决了一个长期争论的焦点。