That girl is their real bone of
contention.
那女孩才是他们两人争吵的真正原因。
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人们日常所说的"争吵的真正原因"一般都是用a bone of
contention的短语来表示的。北语中的bone是"骨头","
contention"是"斗争"或"争论",合为一体的字面意思是"争斗的骨头",也就相当于"争论的原因"。
例:The bone of the
contention is over who should be given more of the bonuses.
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