bone of contention

基本解释

• 争论的焦点；争端的原因

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• Another bone of contention is “must carry” rules that require cable operators to carry certain local or public-interest channels on their networks, but do not apply to telecoms firms.
  另一个争论的焦点在于“搭载”政策，这项政策要求电缆运营商必须搭载某些地方性或公益性的电视频道在他们的网络上，而对电信运营商却不做要求。

原声例句

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

权威例句

• The apparent bone of contention: the amount of water bonded to the rival drug's molecules.
  ECONOMIST: Viagra under threat
• As usual, the main bone of contention has been the question of who bears the cost.
  ECONOMIST: Recycling
• The other bone of contention is the ECB's attachment to an asymmetrical inflation target.
  ECONOMIST: Stalemate

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
• a bone of contention 争论的原因;翻译;争端

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• If a particular matter or issue is a bone of contention, it is the subject of a disagreement or argument.