nub

noun

1. 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。

1. N-SING (局势、问题或争论的)要害，核心，要点
   The nub of 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。

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。
3. She respected andrew's wisdom, his knack of going directly to the nub of any situation.
   她尊重安德鲁的才智和他在任何情况下都能一语道破的本领。
4. 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。
5. The nub of the story is that a global savings glut is confronting a shortage of safe assets.
   问题的要害在于，全球过剩的储蓄正遭遇安全资产短缺。
6. 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。
7. This fundamental difference between males and females is the very nub of why sex is a battle, and results in promiscuous males and coy females with a critical gaze.
   这个两性间基本的分歧正是两性之战的郁结，亦导致雄性变得滥交，雌性羞怯。
8. The real nub of the problem is public indifference.
   这个问题的真正要害是公众的漠不关心。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. Here we reach the nub of realism and its chief stumbling-point for prevailing opinion: its assertion of the innate defects of human beings.
    现在，我们点到了现实主义的要点，而对于这个观点的主要障碍是：关于人类天生缺陷的主张。
12. And that's the nub of the matter.
    而这是问题的关键所在。
13. The nub of the matter is that business is declining.
    事情的实质是工商业在萎缩。
14. 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。
15. Firstly, the thesis designed the system project, aerodynamic configuration, nub and actuator driving device; selected actuator, decelerator, feedback system and central controller.
    论文首先进行了系统方案、气动力布局、舵面及舵传动装置设计，对舵机、减速器、反馈系统及中央控制器进行了选型；
16. The worst thing about the wireless mouse has got to be that damn dongle& this tiny little nub hogs up one of the few USB ports on my PC.
    无线鼠标最令人讨厌的地方无外乎那个可恨的接收器，这个小玩意占据了我电脑上为数不多的USB口中的一个。
17. 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。
18. The the strain relief nub hangs away from the ear either way and is anchored pretty well from the inside.
    该应变救济要点远离耳挂两种方式，是由内而外的锚定得很好。
19. 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；
20. 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。
21. The track of boundary points of nub regions is a circularity and nub region can be divided with the model of breakpoints combined with exercising on map.
    结节区域之间的分界点轨迹从理论上说是一个圆，在现实中可以用断裂点模型和图上作业相结合的方法进行区划。
22. Results Transrectal color Doppler ultrasonography showed the change and size of minor lesions such as prostate hyperplasia nub and seminal vesiculitis.
    结果经直肠前列腺彩超检查能显示增生结节、精囊炎等细微局灶性改变和小。
23. Until it's just a little nub.
    直到它只剩下一点点。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. 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。
29. You got a damn nub!
    你个该死的笨蛋！

noun

1. 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

2. a small piece
   1. a nub of coal
   2. a stub of a pencil

   Synonym:    stub

3. a small lump or protuberance

   Synonym:    nubble