sticking point

英 [ˈstɪkɪŋ pɔɪnt]

美 [ˈstɪkɪŋ pɔɪnt]

n.  分歧点; 症结

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 分歧点；症结
  something that people do not agree on and that prevents progress in a discussion
  1. This was one of the major sticking points in the negotiations.
     这是谈判中主要的难点之一。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (讨论或谈判中的)僵持点，障碍;(问题的)症结
  Asticking pointin a discussion or series of negotiations is a point on which the people involved cannot agree and which may delay or stop the talks. Asticking pointis also one aspect of a problem which you have trouble dealing with.
  1. The main sticking point was the question of taxes.
     主要的症结是税收问题。

英英释义

noun

• a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal

双语例句

• The sticking point is how to achieve them.
  关键在于如何实现这些目标。
• According to Reuters, the two parties first said the biggest obstacle was a technical issue the Chinese carrier uses a unique 3G technology but now the sticking point is revenue-sharing.
  据路透社（Reuters）报道，双方最初表示，最大的障碍在于技术问题，因为中国移动使用的是一种特殊3G技术，但现在，问题的关键却是利益分配。
• The main sticking point remains whether to extend the debt limit beyond the 2012 presidential election, which the White House prefers, or just for six months, as demanded by Republicans.
  谈判的胶着点仍然是，应该按照白宫的希望，将债务上限提高到足以支撑至2012年总统大选之后，还是按照共和党的要求，只提高到足以维持6个月。
• The sticking point in Chinese teaching lies in the fact that Chinese is regarded as a political lesson or as a tool.
  摘要把语文课当作政治课或单纯的工具课，是多年来语文教学症结所在。
• While developers grumbled about the situation, the new opportunities offered by generics far out-weighed this one sticking point and the issue was largely ignored until.
  虽然开发者曾抱怨此种情况，但是泛型所提供的新机会远远大于这个症结，并且该问题在.NET4以前很大程度上被忽视了。
• A major sticking point has been the lifetime job guarantees the union wants to preserve and management wants to end.
  一个主要的争执点就是工会想要保留，管理方却想取消的终身工作保险的问题。
• On the foundation of summarizing the research findings of the Homunculus nebula, we bring forward that the sticking point to solve this question is the initial condition.
  本文在综述了这些研究结果基础上，提出了解决星云形成机制的关键问题是确定初始条件，即应该先研究该恒星大爆发前星云的密度分布。
• A main sticking point in the referendum campaign remains which currency a Scottish state could use& be it the pound, Euro, or something new.
  这次公投运动的症结之一就是：苏格兰应该用哪种货币&英镑、欧元、还是新发明一种。
• To choose personal factor of media, we can unfasten the sticking point of puzzling mass media, and sticking out the core spirit that makes human as fundamentality of Confucius culture.
  选取媒介中人的因素，则能够解开困扰大众传媒问题的症结，并彰显儒家文化中以人为本的核心理念。
• This article points out the main sticking point of development and utilization of library documents resource and puts forward some feasible approaches to development and utilization of Library documents.
  本文在提出了高职院校图书馆文献资源开发利用中存在的主要结症的同时，提出了当前高职院校图书馆较为切实可行的文献资源开发利用新途径。