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 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。
• 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。
• There is a sticking point, however, since it's now unclear how to put a user name and price on every digital music file being downloaded.
  但是依然存在着难题，比如：如何给每一个下载的网络音乐文件标上使用者的姓名和价格。
• 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。
• This article points out the main sticking point of development and utilization of library documents resource and puts forward some feasible approaches to development and utilization of Library documents.
  本文在提出了高职院校图书馆文献资源开发利用中存在的主要结症的同时，提出了当前高职院校图书馆较为切实可行的文献资源开发利用新途径。
• The US last week agreed to release the funds, removing a big sticking point to the six-party talks.
  美国上周同意解冻这笔资金，从而消除六方会谈的一个重大症结。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But while ministers said progress had been made on some areas, there were still gaps on market access – a key sticking point ever since the TPP process began in 2011.
  但尽管各国部长称谈判在一些领域取得了进展，但在市场准入问题上分歧仍然存在。自2011年TPP谈判进程启动以来，市场准入一直是棘手的关键问题。