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 how to achieve them.
  关键在于如何实现这些目标。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• On the foundation of summarizing the research findings of the Homunculus nebula, we bring forward that the sticking point to solve this question is the initial condition.
  本文在综述了这些研究结果基础上，提出了解决星云形成机制的关键问题是确定初始条件，即应该先研究该恒星大爆发前星云的密度分布。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The sticking point of development strategy of Headset-TV is not new technology but the unique content products, the real bottleneck.
  各类手持电视在解决完阶段性的关键技术难题之后，最终的瓶颈将是内容产品。