nub

• n. 要点；小块，结节；瘤；残根

来自knob的方言变体，引申词义结，把手，中心。

nub (n.)

"knob, lump, bump," 1590s, variant of dialectal knub, probably a variant of knob. Figurative meaning "point, gist" first recorded 1834.

1. That, I think, is the nub of the problem.

我想那才是问题的要害。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Here we reach the nub of the argument.

现在我们谈到了争论的核心部分。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The nub of the matter is that business is declining.

事情的实质是工商业在萎缩。

来自《权威词典》

4. That's the nub of it.

关键就在这里.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. She respected Andrew's wisdom, his knack of going directly to the nub of any situation.

她遵重安德鲁的才智和他在任何情况下都能一语道破的本领.

来自辞典例句