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 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。
• Jerusalem Problem in the Middle East Peace Talks: Sticking Point and Perspective
  中东和谈中的耶路撒冷问题：症结与前景
• 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 sticking point in Chinese teaching lies in the fact that Chinese is regarded as a political lesson or as a tool.
  摘要把语文课当作政治课或单纯的工具课，是多年来语文教学症结所在。
• The main sticking point was the question of taxes.
  主要的症结是税收问题。
• The liaison between software development teams and management has always been a sticking point in IT.
  软件开发团队和管理层之间的联系始终是IT中的一个关键所在。
• The sticking point is how to achieve them.
  关键在于如何实现这些目标。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。