a bone of contention
基本解释
- 争论的原因
英汉例句
- Media freedoms have also been a bone of contention .
媒体自由也是一个争论的焦点。 - 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。 - Ingria – the northwestern tip of today’s Russia on which St Petersburg now stands – had been a bone of contention between the two countries for centuries, having passed back and forth between them.
茵格利阿——今天俄罗斯领土的西北端,圣彼得堡的所在地——在几个世纪里一直是两国争端的焦点,而所属权也在两国间来回交替。 - The PKK has long been a bone of contention between both sides and prevented economic cooperation.
- Before the border became a bone of contention, Alemu's family used to move freely across it.
ECONOMIST: Ethiopia's divided families - North Korea would probably need outside help to make a uranium weapon, but its missile sales—also a bone of contention with America—have won it friends in strange places.
ECONOMIST: North Korea - Yet a bone of contention remains: Government investigators who'd visited the farm in Suffolk said hygiene standards were lax, with uncovered vents and gulls taking meat from open waste bins.
FORBES: U.K. Parliament Cries 'Fowl' Over Turkey Cull Payout
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英英字典
- something that two or more people argue about strongly over a long period of time