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 matter is that business is declining.
  事情的实质是工商业在萎缩。
• I watched the worm, a pinkish nub of flesh swirling in the alcohol, and thought of the bomber's remains.
  我看着那条虫子，好一个粉嫩色的肉瘤在酒精中徜徉，令我联想到安炸弹的人遗世独立的残余物。
• 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 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。
• A remark in the European Commission's spring forecast gets to the nub of the problem: As exports are usually the first component to recover in the eurozone business cycle, it argues, the export outlook is key.
  欧盟委员会（EuropeanCommission）春季经济预测中发表的评论抓住了问题的症结：由于出口通常是欧元区商业周期中率先复苏的部分，出口前景是关键。
• 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 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。
• That, I think, is the nub of the problem
  我想那才是问题的要害。
• 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。
• The the strain relief nub hangs away from the ear either way and is anchored pretty well from the inside.
  该应变救济要点远离耳挂两种方式，是由内而外的锚定得很好。