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 main sticking point was the question of taxes.
  主要的症结是税收问题。
• In the interest of realizing carrier communication using LVPL, it is sticking point to analyse and design the coupling circuit of the communication.
  为了利用电力线实现可靠的载波通信，耦合电路的分析与设计是问题的关键。
• 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。
• According to Reuters, the two parties first said the biggest obstacle was a technical issue the Chinese carrier uses a unique 3G technology but now the sticking point is revenue-sharing.
  据路透社（Reuters）报道，双方最初表示，最大的障碍在于技术问题，因为中国移动使用的是一种特殊3G技术，但现在，问题的关键却是利益分配。
• 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。
• The key sticking point that Shanxi's economy fall behind consists in the abnormality industrial structure.
  山西经济落后的症结在于畸形的产业结构。
• 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。
• To choose personal factor of media, we can unfasten the sticking point of puzzling mass media, and sticking out the core spirit that makes human as fundamentality of Confucius culture.
  选取媒介中人的因素，则能够解开困扰大众传媒问题的症结，并彰显儒家文化中以人为本的核心理念。
• The other sticking point is cost.
  另外一个难点在于成本。
• 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。