bone of contention

1. N-COUNT 争议的焦点；争执所在
   If a particular matter or issue is a bone 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。

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。
2. What is the real bone of contention?
   真正的争议点是什么？
3. 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。
4. The area was a bone of contention between the Uzbek emirs and the Persian Kings for many centuries.
   过去几个世纪中，这个地区是乌兹别克埃米尔们和波斯国王们争夺的焦点。
5. In terms of copyright, another bone of contention, we only show a headline and a couple of lines from each story.
   考虑到版权，这是另一个争论的焦点，我们只是显示每篇新闻报道的标题或几行摘要。
6. I think the inequality in splitting the profits is their real bone of contention.
   我想，分利不均才是他们争吵的真正原因。
7. Another bone of contention might be your heavy work schedule-apparently loved ones feel left out.
   另一个争论的焦点可能是你繁重的工作日程-显然亲人感到被排除在外。
8. In December, the SEC addressed a long-standing bone of contention for non-US companies by making it easier for them to delist from US stock exchanges and deregister from the SEC, thus escaping Sarbanes-Oxley.
   去年12月，sec降低了非美国企业从美国证券交易所退市和从sec除名的难度，从而绕开了《萨班斯-奥克斯利法》（sarbanes-oxley），解决了一个长期争论的焦点。
9. The length of the project was a major bone of contention during the talks.
   项目的长度是会谈中最主要的争端。
10. The bone of contention again will be money, but this time you seem to be at odds with a lover or one of your children.
    争论的焦点再次将钱的，但这次你似乎是在与情人或你的孩子一个机会。
11. The real bone of contention, as you know, is money.
    如你所知的，真正争论的重点就是“钱”。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. The H-1B visa has been a bone of contention between business and government over the past two years.
    过去两年，h-1b签证一直是商界和政府争论的焦点。
15. Whether he should see his friends every night is a bone of contention between Joe and his wife.
    他是否每天晚上去看他的朋友是乔和他的妻子之间争端所以。
16. Japan has not acknowledged that the islands are disputed, which has provided another bone of contention between Tokyo and Beijing.
    日本一直不承认钓鱼岛主权存在争议，这是中日之间另一个争论焦点。
17. At the approach of each summit, China and its undervalued currency always appear to be the main bone of contention, only for Beijing to quietly sidestep any censure.
    每次峰会即将召开之时，中国以及人民币汇率低估问题似乎总会成为争论的焦点，但最终北京总能悄然避开所有责难。
18. Media freedoms have also been a bone of contention.
    媒体自由也是一个争论的焦点。
19. This issue is a Bone of contention between us.
    这事件是引发我们争论的原因。
20. 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。
21. The Chinese currency has long been a bone of contention at G20 summits.
    中国货币一直是G20峰会的争论焦点。
22. The main bone of contention in Toronto was fiscal policy.
    多伦多峰会争论的焦点是财政政策。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. It is a bone of contention in the law field that whether economy law can be a independent law department.
    经济法能否作为一个独立的法律部门，一直是法学界争论的焦点。
26. 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。
27. It appears that money will be either a bone of contention with a friend or lover, or a source of worry, perhaps because you are planning to participate in a social event that will prove quite costly.
    你将不是和朋友或爱人产生财务方面的争吵，就是会因为钱而烦恼。也可能是你要计划参加一个成本过高的社会活动。
28. 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。
29. But lend-lease isn't the only bone of contention here.
    然而《租借法案》并不是这里争论的唯一焦点。
30. How to explain this phenomenon becomes the bone of contention of the theory and practice fields.
    如何解释这一现象成为理论界和实务界争论的焦点。

noun

1. the subject of a dispute
   1. the real bone of contention, as you know, is money