crux
pronunciation
UK [krʌks]
US [krʌks, krʊks]
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- n.
- （问题的）中心，核心，结症
- 坩埚
- 关键
- 症结
Word Origin
crux 症结
词源同cross,十字，分叉。
Example
- 1. But oil-and other commodities-are the crux of the problem .
- 但是石油及其它商品是问题的症结。
- 2. The crux is in the working-age population , aged 15-64 .
- 症结就在处于工作年龄段的人口，从15岁到64岁。
- 3. This is the crux of their success to date .
- 这才是他们成功的关键。
- 4. That appears to have been the crux of the dispute at live nation , where the bets run to nine-figure sums of dollars .
- 这看似已成了livenation争论的症结所在，而livenation所下的赌注已高达数亿美元。
- 5. Afghanistan , where the two countries fumble and fail to accommodate each other , will remain the crux of pakistan 's relations with america .
- 在阿富汗问题上，巴美两国处理不当而且调解失败，这将是巴美关系问题的症结所在。
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