side issue

英 [ˈsaɪd ɪʃuː]

美 [ˈsaɪd ɪʃuː]

n.  次要问题

法律

牛津词典

noun

• 次要问题
  an issue that is less important than the main issue, and may take attention away from it

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 次要问题;枝节问题
  Aside issueis an issue or subject that is not considered to be as important as the main one.
  1. I must forget these side issues and remember my mission.
     我必须忘掉这些枝节问题，记住我的使命。

双语例句

• On the liability side, the central bank can issue its own debt or simply borrow from the banks.
  至于负债方面，央行可自行发债或直接从银行借入资金。
• You will notice I am not addressing the paternal side of this issue only the maternal.
  你会注意到在这个问题上我不是站在父亲这边，仅站在母亲这边。
• Many talented scholars were unable to maintain self-control, became over excited and wasted their energy on this side issue.
  它使许多才华横溢的学者感情激动，不能自制，在这个枝节问题上浪费大量精力。
• This is all the more remarkable because it is not merely a statement of a side issue, but of the final goal of government.
  这是值得注意的，因为它不仅是一句关于枝节问题的话，而是政治的最后目标。
• On the other side of the issue are European nations, Japan, Australia and Canada, all of which tax people within their borders but exempt most expatriates and overseas subsidiaries from paying income taxes in their home countries.
  欧洲国家、日本、澳大利亚和加拿大属于另一个阵营，这些国家在本国境内向公民课税，但是它们对大多数外派人员和海外子公司，豁免了本国国内的所得税。
• The author concludes there are two primary reasons to cause the current living situation of migrants; on one side, the self-generated issue of migrant farm workers.
  笔者认为农民工居住现状主要是由于两方面的原因所造成的：一方面是由于农民工自身的原因。
• Scholars are studying the duration of trade relations from the microcosmic side to solve this issue.
  为解决这个问题，许多学者开始进行国际贸易微观层面上对贸易关系持续时间的研究。
• I think that's rather a side issue, don't you?
  我认为这是比较次要的问题，你说是不是？
• Secondly, the lower creditworthiness level in underdeveloped areas is the demand side issue.
  第二，市场非完备地区农民信用水平低下是制约信贷健康发展的需求面因素；
• The topic of gender equitable education is one that for far too long has been relegated to a "side issue", and there are also some misunderstandings about it in society.
  摘要性别平等教育长期被视作教育中的次要问题，教育学界对此也存在不少误解。