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
- But lend-lease isn't the only bone of contention here.
然而《租借法案》并不是这里争论的唯一焦点。 - If someone did manage to bury this bone of contention, another would emerge.
即使有人成功的平息了这个争论的焦点,那么另一个也会出现。 - 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。 - This issue is a Bone of contention between us.
这事件是引发我们争论的原因。 - 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。 - 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 H-1B visa has been a bone of contention between business and government over the past two years.
过去两年,h-1b签证一直是商界和政府争论的焦点。 - Another bone of contention might be your heavy work schedule-apparently loved ones feel left out.
另一个争论的焦点可能是你繁重的工作日程-显然亲人感到被排除在外。 - 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。