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
- 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。 - Whether he should see his friends every night is a bone of contention between Joe and his wife.
他是否每天晚上去看他的朋友是乔和他的妻子之间争端所以。 - The border has always been a bone of contention between these two countries.
这两国之间的边界问题历来是争议的焦点。 - 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。 - It is a bone of contention in the law field that whether economy law can be a independent law department.
经济法能否作为一个独立的法律部门,一直是法学界争论的焦点。 - 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。 - I think the inequality in splitting the profits is their real bone of contention.
我想,分利不均才是他们争吵的真正原因。 - 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”。 - Poor Mary little thought it would be such a bone of contention when she gave it me to keep, only two hours before she died.
可怜的玛丽临死前两个钟头把它交给我保存,她万万没想到你们像狗抢骨头一样抢这把刀。 - The Chinese currency has long been a bone of contention at G20 summits.
中国货币一直是G20峰会的争论焦点。