nub

英 [nʌb]

美 [nʌb]

n.  中心; 要点; 实质

复数：nubs　

BNC.20916 / COCA.21059

牛津词典

noun

• 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。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING (局势、问题或争论的)要害，核心，要点
  The nubof 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。

英英释义

noun

• 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
• a small piece
  1. a nub of coal
  2. a stub of a pencil
  Synonym:stub
• a small lump or protuberance
  Synonym:nubble

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Until it's just a little nub.
  直到它只剩下一点点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。