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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• What is the real bone of contention?
  真正的争议点是什么？
• The main bone of contention is the temperature level of the air-conditioners.
  争来争去无非是空调温度。
• 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。
• His main bone of contention is that private-property rights are unconstitutional in China, a state founded on the idea of collective ownership.
  他的争论要点在于私有产权是违反中国宪法的，中国是一个以集体所有制理念为基础的国家。
• The island has been a bone of contention between our two countries.
  多年来，那个岛屿一直是我们两国之间争执的焦点。
• Another bone of contention is where the money will come from.
  另外一个争论的焦点问题是钱从何处来。
• The small island has been a bone of contention between the two countries for centuries.
  那小岛成为这两个国家之间的争端已达数百年之久。