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 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 small island has been a bone of contention between the two countries for centuries.
那小岛成为这两个国家之间的争端已达数百年之久。 - The length of the project was a major bone of contention during the talks.
项目的长度是会谈中最主要的争端。 - His main bone of contention is that private-property rights are unconstitutional in China, a state founded on the idea of collective ownership.
他的争论要点在于私有产权是违反中国宪法的,中国是一个以集体所有制理念为基础的国家。 - 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。 - A bone of contention was the division of powers between the national and provincial governments.
争论的焦点,争端争论的焦点是是中央和省政府之间的权力分配问题。 - 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。 - 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。 - Media freedoms have also been a bone of contention.
媒体自由也是一个争论的焦点。 - 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。