bone of contention

英 [bəʊn ɒv kənˈtenʃn]

美 [boʊn əv kənˈtenʃn]

n.  争议的焦点; 争执所在

法律

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 争议的焦点；争执所在
  If a particular matter or issue is abone 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。

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• What is the real bone of contention?
  真正的争议点是什么？
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。