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

• 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。
• 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；
• The nub of the problem for the Republicans is this: since 2000 there has been a striking disparity between growth in productivity and gross domestic product on the one hand and growth in wages for the average American worker on the other.
  共和党问题的症结是：自2000年以来，生产率和国内生产总值（gdp）的增长，和普通美国工人的工资增长之间的差异非常显著。
• 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。
• I watched the worm, a pinkish nub of flesh swirling in the alcohol, and thought of the bomber's remains.
  我看着那条虫子，好一个粉嫩色的肉瘤在酒精中徜徉，令我联想到安***的人遗世独立的残余物。
• This crude dichotomy misses the nub of the issue: that the benefits of growth have been unevenly, and often unfairly, spread around.
  这一粗糙的两分法忽略了问题的核心：经济增长好处的分配并不均衡，往往也不公平。
• The nub of the problem is that corruption has become legal in America, and perhaps in Europe too.
  问题的症结在于，腐败在美国已变得合法，在欧洲或许亦是如此。
• Similarly, the point of an academic paper is made by eliminating the detritus of your research until the nub of your argument remains.
  同样的，学术论文的重点在于将研究过程中琐碎的资讯舍弃，去芜存菁直到留下唯一的重要论点。
• You got a damn nub!
  你个该死的笨蛋！