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

• 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。
• She respected andrew's wisdom, his knack of going directly to the nub of any situation.
  她尊重安德鲁的才智和他在任何情况下都能一语道破的本领。
• 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。
• 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。
• That, I think, is the nub of the problem
  我想那才是问题的要害。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 nub of the matter is that business is declining.
  事情的实质是工商业在萎缩。