nub

英 [nʌb]

美 [nʌb]

n.  中心; 要点; 实质

复数：nubs　

BNC.20916 / COCA.21059

牛津词典

noun

• 中心；要点；实质
  the central or essential point of a situation, problem, etc.
  1. The nub of the matter is that business is declining.
     事情的实质是工商业在萎缩。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING (局势、问题或争论的)要害，核心，要点
  The nubof a situation, problem, or argument is the central and most basic part of it.
  1. That, I think, is the nub of the problem...
     我想那才是问题的要害。
  2. Here we reach the nub of the argument.
     现在我们谈到了争论的核心部分。

英英释义

noun

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  1. the gist of the prosecutor's argument
  2. the heart and soul of the Republican Party
  3. the nub of the story
  Synonym:kernelsubstancecorecentercentreessencegistheartheart and soulinwardnessmarrowmeatpithsumnitty-gritty
• a small piece
  1. a nub of coal
  2. a stub of a pencil
  Synonym:stub
• a small lump or protuberance
  Synonym:nubble

双语例句

• Regions consist of equal region and nub region and equal region can be divided with the methods of Taisen triangle, trend surface, clustering and so on;
  均质区域可用泰森三角形、趋势面、聚类分析等方法进行区划；
• A remark in the European Commission's spring forecast gets to the nub of the problem: As exports are usually the first component to recover in the eurozone business cycle, it argues, the export outlook is key.
  欧盟委员会（EuropeanCommission）春季经济预测中发表的评论抓住了问题的症结：由于出口通常是欧元区商业周期中率先复苏的部分，出口前景是关键。
• Here we reach the nub of the argument.
  现在我们谈到了争论的核心部分。
• The nub of the matter is that business is declining.
  事情的实质是工商业在萎缩。
• We ought to get down to the nub of the matter.
  我们该着手研究问题的症结所在。
• The nub of the problem is our poor export performance.
  问题的关键是我们出口贸易方面太差。
• The indirect sign of PE were as follows: the abnormal signals and pour defects were found in the lung field of PE, the dilatation of the nub of obstructed pulmonary artery.
  间接征象为栓塞区肺野信号异常、灌注缺损、肺动脉截断残端血管增粗。
• The nub of the problem is how to bring this ideal into practice.
  问题的要点在于如何将这种理想情况投入实际应用。
• That some sounds lead to sadness and others to joy is the nub of all three hypotheses.
  有些音乐让人悲伤有些让人快乐是所有三个假设中的要点。
• The nub of it is the difficult, often dysfunctional, relationship between Baker, pastry chef and chef.
  关键是面包师、点心师和厨师之间难以处理、时而失调的关系。