DISAGREEsomething that causes arguments between people 争执的原因,争议的焦点
The examination system has long been a serious bone of contention in this country.
考试制度长期以来都是这个国家争议很大的话题。
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bone of contention• Personalappearances always seemed to be a bone of contention.• Schools are, by far, the largest part of the state budget and often a bone of contention.• Mr Zhao's fate, and by association his legacy, have become a big bone of contention in the leadership.• But the pooltableproved to be a bigger bone of contention.• The initialbone of contention was the question of the terms on which sympathizers should be admitted to the Party.• Churchill had been the latest bone of contention, as he had begun to make public speeches which Chamberlain clearly found embarrassing.• I did know that this was in fact the mainbone of contention upstairs.• The way we manage money has been the only realbone of contention between us.• It is the positions of the internationalboundaries and access to naturalresources that are the real bones of contention.• The new tax on property is likely to become a seriousbone of contention.