a bone of contention

基本解释

• 争论的原因

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Media freedoms have also been a bone of contention .
  媒体自由也是一个争论的焦点。
• 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。
• Ingria – the northwestern tip of today’s Russia on which St Petersburg now stands – had been a bone of contention between the two countries for centuries, having passed back and forth between them.
  茵格利阿——今天俄罗斯领土的西北端，圣彼得堡的所在地——在几个世纪里一直是两国争端的焦点，而所属权也在两国间来回交替。

原声例句

• The PKK has long been a bone of contention between both sides and prevented economic cooperation.

权威例句

• Before the border became a bone of contention, Alemu's family used to move freely across it.
  ECONOMIST: Ethiopia's divided families
• North Korea would probably need outside help to make a uranium weapon, but its missile sales—also a bone of contention with America—have won it friends in strange places.
  ECONOMIST: North Korea
• Yet a bone of contention remains: Government investigators who'd visited the farm in Suffolk said hygiene standards were lax, with uncovered vents and gulls taking meat from open waste bins.
  FORBES: U.K. Parliament Cries 'Fowl' Over Turkey Cull Payout

词组短语

短语

• a bone fragments of contention 争论的道理
• a bone tissue of contention 争论的原故

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• something that two or more people argue about strongly over a long period of time