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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Firstly, the thesis designed the system project, aerodynamic configuration, nub and actuator driving device; selected actuator, decelerator, feedback system and central controller.
  论文首先进行了系统方案、气动力布局、舵面及舵传动装置设计，对舵机、减速器、反馈系统及中央控制器进行了选型；
• 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。
• The nub of the matter is that business is declining.
  事情的实质是工商业在萎缩。
• 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。