bone of contention

英 [bəʊn ɒv kənˈtenʃn]

美 [boʊn əv kənˈtenʃn]

n.  争议的焦点; 争执所在

法律

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.
  1. The main bone of contention is the temperature level of the air-conditioners.
     争来争去无非是空调温度。

英英释义

noun

• the subject of a dispute
  1. the real bone of contention, as you know, is money

双语例句

• What is the real bone of contention?
  真正的争议点是什么？
• This issue is a Bone of contention between us.
  这事件是引发我们争论的原因。
• How to explain this phenomenon becomes the bone of contention of the theory and practice fields.
  如何解释这一现象成为理论界和实务界争论的焦点。
• 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”。
• 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。
• The main bone of contention is the temperature level of the air-conditioners.
  争来争去无非是空调温度。
• Media freedoms have also been a bone of contention.
  媒体自由也是一个争论的焦点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。