sticking point

英 [ˈstɪkɪŋ pɔɪnt]

美 [ˈstɪkɪŋ pɔɪnt]

n.  分歧点; 症结

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 分歧点；症结
  something that people do not agree on and that prevents progress in a discussion
  1. This was one of the major sticking points in the negotiations.
     这是谈判中主要的难点之一。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (讨论或谈判中的)僵持点，障碍;(问题的)症结
  Asticking pointin a discussion or series of negotiations is a point on which the people involved cannot agree and which may delay or stop the talks. Asticking pointis also one aspect of a problem which you have trouble dealing with.
  1. The main sticking point was the question of taxes.
     主要的症结是税收问题。

英英释义

noun

• a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal

双语例句

• The first issue completely replacing Java EE authorization and authentication was really the main sticking point.
  第一个问题（即完全替换JavaEE授权和身份验证）是其真正的主要症结。
• The other sticking point is cost.
  另外一个难点在于成本。
• Exactly how the land is to be divided up is the main sticking point of the peace talks.
  如何具体地分割土地成了和谈的主要症结。
• It could have sparked a bitter battle and ended up a laughable sticking point at the talks but the Russians backed down.
  本来这可能导致一场小纷争，结果却成了这次会谈中好玩的症结俄罗斯人最后让步了。
• The main sticking point remains whether to extend the debt limit beyond the 2012 presidential election, which the White House prefers, or just for six months, as demanded by Republicans.
  谈判的胶着点仍然是，应该按照白宫的希望，将债务上限提高到足以支撑至2012年总统大选之后，还是按照共和党的要求，只提高到足以维持6个月。
• The sticking point is, we should believe that engineer could be a member of rank and fashion, instead of down with the rank and file!
  其附带的观点是，我们应该相信工程师能成为上流社会中的一员，而不是降为平民百姓。
• But no case is easy. There's always a sticking point.
  但没有一个个案是容易解决的，仲裁中总有症结。
• While developers grumbled about the situation, the new opportunities offered by generics far out-weighed this one sticking point and the issue was largely ignored until.
  虽然开发者曾抱怨此种情况，但是泛型所提供的新机会远远大于这个症结，并且该问题在.NET4以前很大程度上被忽视了。
• That is a key concession on perhaps the biggest sticking point: U.
  美国在这个可能是双方最大的分歧点上作出了重要让步。
• The main sticking point was the question of taxes.
  主要的症结是税收问题。