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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Media freedoms have also been a bone of contention.
  媒体自由也是一个争论的焦点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。