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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。