| 单词 | a bone of contention |
| 释义 | a bone of contentionsomething that two or morepeopleargueaboutstronglyover alongperiodoftime 争辩的起因；争议点Arguing & disagreeing
bone of contention| American Dictionarybone of contentionsomething that twopeopleorgroupscannotagreeabout: Money is acommonbone ofcontentionin manymarriages. Examplesofa bone of contentiona bone of contention Theboneofcontentionis the section on registration of political parties. From theCambridge English Corpus The wording of resolution no. 11 was very tentative, with theboneofcontentionbeing the site of the collection station. From theCambridge English Corpus One importantboneofcontentionis the definition of the relevant set of studies. From theCambridge English Corpus Theboneofcontentionwas neither the music, nor the version chosen, nor even the inadequacy of several singers. From theCambridge English Corpus The refinery also was aboneofcontention. From theCambridge English Corpus Again this had been a persistentboneofcontentionbetween the board of education and its critics throughout the interwar period. From theCambridge English Corpus In addition, anotherboneofcontentionsoon arose thereafter. From theCambridge English Corpus By the late 1930s, stool debts were receding as aboneofcontention, but the struggles continued. From theCambridge English Corpus I suspect that this critical issue will prove to be a majorboneofcontentionand it requires some attention. From theCambridge English Corpus The mainboneofcontentionis this—because everything can be brought down to practicalities in the end. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theboneofcontentionis one which he declared did not exist—the labelling according to fibre content of cloths containing wool. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I appreciate that one does not always want taxis to pass one by, and that is anotherboneofcontention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The mainboneofcontention, however, is the issue of which types of incident should be covered. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English We know that it had been aboneofcontentionfor years. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Theboneofcontentionis which route should be taken in relation to the transfer of certain powers and responsibilities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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