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 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 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 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。
• 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 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You got a damn nub!
  你个该死的笨蛋！
• 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。